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The penthouse living room was washed in the deep gold of low light, shadows stretching long across polished stone floors. Rain sketched erratic trails down the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the electric glow of the metropolis outside. The air carried the sharp scent of fine leather and a trace of tobacco, a fragrance that always meant her. On the television screen, shaky camera footage played out a late-night police operation—her reality, intruding on this insulated calm. Then you entered, the cheerful jingle of your keys cutting the stillness, a laugh still lingering on your breath. The atmosphere in the room shifted, tightened. Avery looked up from her wine glass, her dark eyes locking onto you with a focus that made the background noise vanish. She was a portrait of controlled c…