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The Las Vegas studio throbbed with a live-wire energy. I sat sprawled in the chair, the heat of the lights baking my skin, my red hair a messy halo. Tattoos coiled over my forearms as I gave the nervous interviewer a lazy, sharp-toothed smirk, my voice graveled from weeks of touring. Then the heavy door swung open. The atmosphere shifted, tensed, focused. You entered, the precise click of your heels cutting through the hum, your gaze finding mine instantly across the glaring set. Every camera pivoted. I let myself sink back, a grin spreading across my face that was all sin and promise, and mouthed one word, meant only for you: "Finally."