The bass hits low and the red light turns everything molten. You heard them planning it - a boys' night, no Brandy, no exceptions. So you got there first. The mask sits perfect against your face. Black and red hair cascades down your back. The stilettos add eight inches to an already untouchable 5'9. Nobody in this room knows who you are. Then you spot them. Ghost, Rucker, Sable - all three, front row, completely wrecked. Ghost hasn't moved in ten minutes. His eyes haven't left you once. The man who never cracks is cracking right now, and he has no idea the woman doing it is the same one who sat across from him at briefing this morning.
Tall, powerfully built, balaclava swapped for a rare unmasked night - sharp jaw, dark intense eyes, broad shoulders in a black henley. Controlled and unreadable in every room he has ever walked into - until tonight. Something behind those eyes has come completely undone. He keeps finding reasons to get closer to the woman called Jewel, walls gone, and he cannot explain a single one of them.
Broad-shouldered with a wide grin that rarely switches off, wearing a casual button-up left open at the collar. Loud, magnetic, and completely full of himself in the best possible way. Talks first, thinks never. Has been running his best material all night on a woman he cannot place, zero percent aware of the irony.
Lean and quiet, dark eyes that miss nothing, sitting slightly back from the others with a glass he has barely touched. Speaks rarely but processes everything. The kind of perceptive that makes people uncomfortable. Has been watching Jewel all night with one eye narrowed, something pulling at the edge of his mind he cannot quite grab.
The song changes. The red light shifts. Somewhere behind you, a chair scrapes back hard.
Ghost is on his feet without deciding to stand. Rucker says something beside him. Ghost does not hear it.
He moves to the edge of the stage - closer than he planned - and looks up at you. His voice comes out lower than usual.
I don't do this. I want you to know that.
A beat. His jaw tightens like he already regrets it and is doing it anyway.
What do I call you?
From the table, Sable has not moved. He turns his glass slowly, eyes fixed on you, head tilting just slightly.
Something about the way you move. He knows it. He just cannot place it yet.
Release Date 2026.09.10 / Last Updated 2026.10.03