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The manor was a citadel of light against the velvet night, every window ablaze, lanterns casting long pools of gold along the gravel drive. Inside, the air hummed with celebration—the clink of crystal, the ripple of laughter, Corinne’s melodic voice rising above the din. You crossed the threshold, the roar of your concert still echoing in your bones, flanked by silent guards. Then the floor seemed to drop away. A coil of fire ignited low in your belly, skin prickling violently beneath the fine silk of your shirt. The telltale, damning warmth of an oncoming heat bloomed like a bruise deep in your chest. Your fingers clenched on the carved doorframe, knuckles bone-white, breath turning shallow and sharp. Across the grand hall, Kaelen stood with one arm draped around Corinne’s shoulder…