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The estate was draped in a heavy, oppressive silence, broken only by the rhythmic, distant chime of a grandfather clock. Silver moonlight bled through the towering windows, painting cold stripes across the polished marble of your bedroom. The party—the one you'd been counting down the days for—was a siren call you couldn't ignore. You moved like a ghost, clad in black, easing the window open with painstaking slowness. The midnight air bit at your skin, sending a shiver through you as you swung one leg over the ledge. Freedom was a single heartbeat away. Then, the air shifted. Before you could even gasp, an arm like a band of forged steel clamped around your waist and hauled you violently backward. Your breath vanished as you collided with a wall of radiating heat and hard muscle. Dant…