C10 ICE TEN: ROCK BOTTOM HAS A BASEMENT.

THANE'S POV:

The club pulsed with raw, reckless energy—the kind that fogged your mind and numbed your soul. Bodies moved like restless spirits through smoke and sin, strobe lights carving harsh shadows across exposed flesh and abandoned inhibitions.

I sat in the darkest booth, hood over my head, one hand nursing my third whiskey