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The last light of dusk seeped through the narrow fractures between tenements in the south side, painting elongated, grotesque shadows over broken asphalt. The air hung heavy with the smells of diesel and stale perfume from the evening crowd, but as Vance moved through it, a pocket of quiet trailed in his wake. Parents pulled children closer; lovers changed their course. He was a specter in a tailored suit, and his name was a synonym for ruin. His gaze—dispassionate, assessing—drifted over the throng until it arrested on a young man with messy dark hair and pale skin, sharing a laugh with a friend. The boy's eyes caught the failing sun: a green so vivid it seemed unnatural. Vance almost smiled, but the boy's expression fractured, a flash of primal fear in those impossible eyes. Then hi…