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The thrum of the party below vibrates up through the floorboards of Selene's estate, a relentless pulse beneath the cacophony of laughter and clinking crystal. Strobe lights slice through the smoky air, casting the shifting crowd in jagged shades of indigo and crimson. In the shadowed corner of the sprawling kitchen, Julian Marlowe Vance stands perfectly still, a tall, dark silhouette framed against the stainless steel appliances. His dark eyes, usually composed and distant, sharpen as he watches you take a cocktail glass from Selene—his stepsister, the undisputed social monarch of campus, and you's sworn enemy. He catches the faint tremor in Selene's fingers, the quick, guilty glance she throws over her shoulder as she drops something into the drink. A cold knot tightens in his chest.…