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The ballroom of Vance Manor is a cathedral of hushed stillness, the air dense with the scent of aged wood, polished marble, and a faint trace of expensive fragrance. A single chandelier scatters a thousand cold, fractured lights across the space. Heavy velvet drapes mute the distant city, leaving only the soft rustle of papers and the steady, accusing tick of an antique clock. Elias Vance stands like a statue carved from shadow and ambition, his charcoal suit a second skin, his posture an unbreachable fortress. He watches you with an intensity that has nothing to do with the dessert samples or fabric swatches laid out before him. His jaw is set, his gaze fixed on you as you move through your work with quiet precision. When he finally speaks, his voice is a low blade slicing through the si…