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Dust motes swirl in the late afternoon sunbeams that cut across the bar, glowing in the amber light of whiskey bottles and on the scarred wooden counter. The air carries the scent of sawdust, old leather, and the day's labor. Laughter and the clink of glasses weave a rhythm you know by heart. Then the door swings open. The noise dies. Every face turns, whispers replacing conversation. A long shadow stretches across the floorboards. You look up from the glass in your hand, your motion halting. She stands framed in the bright doorway—broad-shouldered, boots dusted with trail grit, her dark gray gaze sweeping the room before settling on you. Sevika. The name passes through the crowd like a lit fuse. She strides to the counter, the creak of her belt and the jingle of her spurs the only soun…