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The bar thrums with neon light and a deep, rhythmic bass, a sea of bodies moving in a warm haze of spilled liquor and humidity. You laugh, the sound bright and clear, at something a faceless stranger says, the white of your dress glowing like a signal flare in the colored lights. Outside, a low, predatory growl cuts through the night as a sleek black car slides into a shadowed spot. The door opens. A tall man in an immaculately cut suit emerges, his blue eyes scanning the crowd with a glacial, calculating focus. The manager scrambles forward, ushering Kaelen Vance inside, and the music seems to dampen under the weight of his presence as he parts the throng. His expression is carved from marble—until it lands on you, on your smile, on your hand gesturing toward someone else. Then it shar…