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e ballroom. The music dimmed behind them, replaced by the soft hum of silence and the rhythmic thud of

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and walls lined with rare liquors and priceless art. A fireplace flicke

rs trail along a shelf lined with books she

fingers of scotch. "The noise out there is just

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ose things need t

, his voice dropping into something darker. "You want to play hero,

ire sparking behind he

didn't

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door opened behind them-an i

, eyes scanning the room with military

htened. His

ng past her. "Don't run, Tessa.

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ss still trembling in her hand. She'd come here fo

tion that Ethan Viero wasn

the whole da