"Her eyes—bright blue, cold as a winter blade—tracked the glint of his blade-hidden cane and the immaculate line of his suit, the charcoal fabric swallowing light and giving nothing back."
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"In this world, keepers didn’t just keep promises; they kept aims, they kept leverage, they kept a net that tightened around you when you tried to slip away."
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"She had learned long ago that the truth of a situation could be coaxed out of anyone with the right questions—though the questions always hurt a little more when they came from someone you once believed could shield you from the worst of it."
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"She studied him—an impeccably dressed fixer and information broker who had learned how to bend people and situations to his will."
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"The old ache, the old lure, the old fear—each rose in her chest with a breath she refused to give."
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"The hiss that rose in Rory’s throat was not for the cat, but for whatever lay beyond the door—the threat that was always waiting for a moment of weakness to strike."
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"Lucien inclined his head, a nearly imperceptible nod that carried power and a promise; the kind of nod that could close or open doors with a single gesture."
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"Then a sound from the hall—three quick, determined steps, a breath held, and something heavy pressing against the door’s wooden frame."
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"Lucien met her gaze with a calm that frightened her more than a scream could; the calm of someone who had spent a lifetime learning to survive by choosing exactly when to strike."
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"And then the sound came—soft at first, a whisper of leather and metal, and the air shifted with the sudden, cold certainty of a blade drawn and ready."
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"The fan had started; the night would not end as quietly as it began."
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"The room stilled for a breath that felt like a heartbeat, then the door gave another shudder and swung in on its hinges to reveal a figure outlined by the hallway glare—a shadow with the gleam of steel at its side—and the world shifted on its axis, as if the only way to survive was to move together, or not at all."
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"Ptolemy the tabby cat weaved a lazy path between his ankles and Rory’s work-stained shoes, the beast’s tail flipping like a question mark, as if even he doubted…"
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"Lucien’s lips twitched, faintly amused, as he inclined his head toward her with the kind of courtesy that felt dangerous when it appeared on a face that knew ho…"
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"Rory stepped closer, fingers curling around the edge of the desk as if to steady herself on something real."
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"She assessed him with a clinical patience that felt almost alien after the years of living with the unpredictability of the underworld brushing every moment wit…"
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"The cat’s green eyes narrowed, then Ptolemy stalked closer to Lucien, sniffing his shoe, then pawing at the edge of the cane as though testing a trap."
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"Rory pressed her lips together, feeling the bite of the scar under her sleeve as if it belonged to someone else entirely."
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"The old flames she had tried to smother, the old temptations, they all burned again in a way that warned her to be careful, to not trust the pull of what could …"
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"The mewl it gave when he landed sounded almost offended, as if Ptolemy believed the room contained too many secrets to be left untouched."
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"He looked at her with the odd mix of admiration and calculation that had always made him dangerous in a room with a single target."
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"The foul tension between them thickened the air, a charge that crackled with what had fired between them before: attraction, hurt, and the knowledge that when p…"
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"Lucien inclined his head, a nearly imperceptible nod that carried power and a promise; the kind of nod that could close or open doors with a single gesture."
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"Then the hallway fell silent, as if listening for a moment before the inevitable crash and chaos arrived."
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"Something had happened and would happen again, and the room’s fragile arrangement of trust and danger hung by a single thread as the door’s quiet breath whisper…"