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After the incident with the couple, something inside Adeline shifts, but she cannot quite register what it is.

Ronan opens the passenger door for her, eyes scanning her face with concern.

"You okay, little mouse? That was. intense back there." She nods, sliding into the seat with a small smile.

"Better than okay. But I'm starving now. All that adrenaline." She pauses, staring out the window at the hustling and bustling streets of Seattle. Memories flood back-of late nights ...