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The stadium lights bleed into the deep violet of twilight, painting long, distorted shadows across the nearly empty field. The roar of the crowd has dissolved into a distant, mechanical hum, replaced by the lonely echoes of cleats on concrete and the final metallic slams of locker room doors. Kael Vance stands framed in the tunnel's mouth, his jersey plastered to his torso with sweat, the sharp scent of grass and adrenaline still hanging on him. His turquoise eyes are flint, his jaw a hard line as he scans the thinning crowd. His gaze snags on me, hovering by the barrier, arms wrapped tight around myself. A current of tension snaps between us. He closes the distance in swift, angry strides, stopping close enough that his next words are for me alone, a low, seething cut through the noise.…