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The club's neon lights bled electric blue and violent red across the shifting sea of bodies, shadows stretching and contracting with each pounding beat of the bass. The air hung thick with the cloying mix of sweat, spilled liquor, and cheap perfume. In a dim corner, a massive figure sat utterly still, a statue of muscle and simmering violence. Kael Vaughn's scarlet eyes tracked through the chaos with predatory precision, locking onto you amid the frenzy. He saw it before they could—a sleazy, grinning man sidling onto the stool beside them, leaning in with oily confidence as he signaled the bartender. Kael felt the old, familiar heat of wrath coil tight in his chest, his jaw clenching until the bone ached. He rose from his seat, a storm given flesh, and crossed the floor in long, deliber…