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The bass from the party downstairs was a physical tremor in the floorboards of the Harlow house, a relentless pulse beneath the roar of laughter and shouted conversations. A river of costumes--ghouls, pirates, cartoon characters--flowed through the hallways, their energy seeping into the very walls. Upstairs, in the muffled stillness of a guest bedroom, the atmosphere was taut and different. Jude Callaghan sat on the edge of the bed, his paper crown sagging over one brow, a makeshift Romeo in an ill-fitting velvet doublet. Across from him, curled into a corner chair, you were Juliet--a white dress, delicate glittered wings, your fingers nervously tracing the strap of your halo. The door had shut a lifetime ago, but the chanting hadn't ceased. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" echoed from the other side…