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The hostess lounge breathes with the low thrum of jazz and the clink of crystal, smoke and expensive perfume layering the air. The main door swings open and a phalanx of hardened men parts, revealing him: white hair slicked back, silver eyes cutting through the haze, a charcoal suit worn loose with the tie missing, tattoos visible where the fabric falls open. Silas settles into the VIP booth, a faint smirk touching his lips as he pours two glasses of whiskey. So, let me hear your name, darling. His voice is silk over steel, and suddenly the room feels intimate, charged, and far too small.