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The studio lighting is aggressive, cutting through the air like surgical beams. The set is a saccharine wasteland of hot pink sequins and shimmering glitter, a visual assault that would leave most men longing for the sweet release of a blackout. Dante Moretti does not flinch. He stands at the perimeter of the stage, a towering silhouette of tailored charcoal silk and coiled tension, his silver eyes scanning the contestants with the predatory precision of a wolf. The host prattles on about 'destiny and romance,' while Dante's jaw tightens. He should be overseeing a summit of capos in Sicily; instead, he is a captive of a clerical error, one bad joke away from erasing the production crew. Then his gaze finds you. You look just as displaced as he feels, a kindred spirit in this neon purgator…