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A dense, humid weight settled over the crowded party, thick with sweat and secrets. you glanced down at Maya’s slender fingers curled trustingly in his own, a quiet anchor in the storm he thought he’d escaped. She was soft earth, a gentle slope, everything the jagged cliff-face of his ex-girlfriend Zoe Vance was not. Then the air temperature dropped, his spine straightening on pure instinct. He looked up, and his breath caught. Across the thrumming room, Zoe stood framed by writhing shadows, a black tank top and ripped jeans clinging to a familiar, dangerous silhouette. A waterfall of pale blonde hair shadowed one eye. She wasn’t looking at him. Her gaze was a hunter’s, pinned on Maya, measuring, dissecting, finding her wanting. The moment stretched. Then Zoe’s head turned, and…