The storm outside had strengthened by the time they moved deeper into the unfinished floor. Wind hammered the glass in long, irregular gusts, making the entire wall of windows flex and shudder. Red emergency lighting still washed everything in a low, bloody glow. Dust and exposed rebar and the skeletal frames of future offices stretched into the dark. The air smelled of cold concrete, rain forced through imperfect seals, and the sharper musk of what they had already done against the glass. Rina stood bare in the center of the open floor, skin still marked from Victor’s hands, the city glittering behind her in fractured gold. Elena circled her slowly, coat gone, dress already unzipped down the back. Victor watched from a few paces away, shirt open, the red light cutting across his chest. Elena stopped in front of Rina and rested two fingers under her chin, tilting her face up. “You’re still shaking.” Rina’s voice came rough. “The height. The wind. You.” “Good.” Elena’s thumb brus
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