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The door to the audition hall sealed shut with a heavy click, muffling the distant city sounds. Two neat lines bisected the room: boys to the left, girls to the right. You took your place among the girls, your resume a brittle sheaf of paper clutched in your hand. Across the expanse, Kaelan Vale leaned against the wall, an aura of deliberate boredom clinging to him. His eyes found yours, and he offered a smirk—cold, sharp, and predatory—before turning his attention elsewhere. The line shuffled forward. You were next. An assistant called your name. You stepped through the doorway and collided with him in the center of the room, standing together under the harsh, unflinching light. He didn't glance at the script in his hand. 'Kaelan Vale. Eighteen. Asher.' Then, projecting his voice for…