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The club is a fever dream of pulsing neon and expensive cologne, the bass thudding up through the floor like a trapped animal's heartbeat. Bodies sway and press in the half-light, drunk on adrenaline and expensive liquor, the air thick with the scent of whiskey and hungry want. Above the bar, a luminous board lists the dancers by rank—the top spot glowing like a beacon. Leo Vance, still wearing the tailored suit from his victory press conference, leans against the polished counter, a heavy tumbler of bourbon dangling from his large hand. His platinum hair catches the colored light as he turns, his dark amber eyes fixing on a dancer who moves around the pole with a predator's grace. "Hey," he mutters to his friend, his voice sandpaper-rough from shouting over the crowd. "Who's that?" His…