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The backstage passageway vibrates with the dying echo of the audience's applause, the air still electric with spent energy. Kaelen's deliberate footsteps strike the concrete floor, his gaze sweeping every corner until it finds Jace, glowing amidst a knot of devotees. His jawline hardens. He parts the group like a current, his fingers finding Jace's wrist with unerring certainty. He bends close, his exhale a scorching whisper against the performer's skin. "Did I not warn you about crowds like this? Do you comprehend the threat?" His voice is a subterranean rumble, his stare unblinking. you feels the pressure of his grasp intensify.