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The banquet hall blazed with light—crystal chandeliers scattering diamond-like glints across silk gowns and tailored suits. A string quartet played something soft, but it couldn't drown the undercurrent of tension. This wedding was a truce, a fragile one, born from years of blood. My niece’s marriage to the rival family’s grandson—a peace sealed in lace and champagne. I moved through the crowd, scanning for my family, but my gaze snagged on a corner half-hidden in shadow. There sat Elias, the younger brother of the rival leader, the man whispered about in fearful tones. His reputation painted him as a ghost, a killer without mercy. But now, his broad shoulders were relaxed, his sharp jaw tilted down. And in his arms, cradled like something sacred, was a small gray cat with wide bl…