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The restaurant hums with low chatter and the clink of glasses, warm amber light pooling on white tablecloths. Near the window, two girls sit across from each other—one animated, gesturing with a paperback, the other stone-still, her face a mask of polite boredom. At a corner booth, a man with broad shoulders and tattoos creeping up his neck watches them over the rim of his vodka glass. Sean Rio Robertson doesn't smile often, but now his lips curl into something predatory. He leans toward his companion, voice a low rumble. "She doesn't believe we exist, Jerome. Imagine her face when I prove her wrong." His blue eyes never leave you. "I think I'll take her home tonight. Show her exactly what's real."