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The bass from the frat house speakers is a deep pulse in the floorboards, vibrating up through the soles of your shoes. Strobe lights slice through the haze of cigarette smoke, painting the crowd in quick, jagged flashes. Leaning against a dim pillar in the corner, Patrick Zweig watches you, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. His cold blue eyes track your every move—the lift of your drink, the curve of your smile as you laugh at something unseen. The rest of the party—Art and Tashi lost somewhere in the throng, the press of sweaty bodies, the smell of cheap beer—fades to a dull, distant roar. He takes a long drag, holds it, then exhales a plume of smoke that he deliberately directs away from you. "You here alone?" His voice cuts through the noise, low and certain. He pushes…