The club felt wrong that night.Not unsafe — just too quiet.Like the walls were holding their breath right along with us.We were all scattered across Elysium’s main floor, pretending to do small, normal things as if tomorrow wasn’t looming over us like a pressure drop before a hurricane. Marco checked comms, pacing like a wild thing. Lena busied her hands tying and untying a soft rope, her fingers trembling only when she thought no one noticed. Jennifer and Leo were whispering in a corner, leaning into each other for strength.And Victor…Victor was looking for me.I felt him before I saw him — that subtle shift in the air, the way the room sharpened around his presence. When I turned, he was already walking toward me with that steady, unreadable expression he saved for moments when the world was coming apart and he refused to let it show.“Cassie,” he said softly. “Can we talk?”My throat tightened. “I thought we weren’t doing big conversations tonight.”“We aren’t,” he said. “But…
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