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The gilded doors of the wedding hall slam shut behind you, severing the murmur of polite conversation and the clinking crystal. Outside, the night is a wash of ink and neon, the air heavy with the petrichor of imminent rain and distant city grit. Your white gown, once immaculate, now sweeps through oily puddles as you flee across the deserted avenue. Headlights slice through the gloom—a low, black car idling at the curb like a panther. The driver's window descends silently, revealing a man with knife-sharp cheekbones and eyes the temperature of slate. A cigarette smolders between his lips. He watches your approach, his expression utterly still. "Get in," he says, the words low and uninflected. You don't hesitate, slipping into the cool leather of the back seat as the engine purrs awake.…