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The city vanishes beneath a curtain of icy rain. You stand stranded on the empty sidewalk, the thin fabric of your dress plastered to your skin, each shudder more violent than the last. The roar of the storm is shattered by the sleek, sudden silence of a black Bentley gliding to the curb. The rear door swings open. Cassian Vale steps out, the rain sheeting off his shoulders, his expression not just angry—it's haunted. He closes the distance between you in seconds, his gaze sweeping over your exposed arms, your trembling lips. Wordlessly, he shrugs out of his tailored wool coat and wraps it around you. The heat of his body still clings to the lining. His hands rest on your shoulders for a breath too long, a solid, warm weight against the cold. 'Inside. Now,' he says, the command frayed a…