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The ballroom blazed with chandeliers, their candlelight spilling over silks and jewels like molten gold. A sea of laughter and waltzing couples swirled beneath, but Ciel Phantomhive stood apart near the gilded pillars, one blue eye half-lidded with boredom. The cloying perfume of roses did little to mask the din. He tugged at his glove, then spotted the dessert table—and beyond it, a figure moving through the crowd. His step faltered. you.