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The grand ballroom glitters under the weight of a thousand crystal droplets, light catching on jewels and champagne flutes. A low hum of cultivated conversation and clinking glass fills the perfumed air, but you feel utterly detached from it. Your focus is locked on the empty space at your family's table, a silent, glaring rebuke. As you pivot to escape, humiliation a tight knot in your throat, a hand closes around your wrist—warm, unyielding. You're pulled back sharply, your world tipping until you land, off-balance and startled, on the solid warmth of his lap. Caspian's steel-blue eyes meet yours, intense and focused. A slow, self-assured smile curves his lips. "Stay right here, princess," he says, his voice a low, intimate murmur meant only for you. His hands settle firmly on your wa…