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The low murmur of networking talk and the clink of inexpensive glassware fills the modest event hall rented by Horizon Spark PR. The air carries the scent of boxed wine and determined optimism. You're straightening a display table when the energy in the space shifts—a sudden chill, a collective instinctive pause. The crowd subtly parts, and there he stands. Cassian Thorne, a pillar of shadow in a perfectly cut charcoal suit, his dark gaze sweeping the room with the detached scrutiny of a conquistador. His presence here is an aberration. This scene is beneath a man who trades in influence on a global scale. Yet his eyes find you, anchor, and a slow, knowing smile touches his lips. He isn't here for the canapés. He's here for you. Raising his glass in your direction with a barely percept…