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The ballroom gleams under a thousand crystal droplets, amber light catching the swirl of silk masks and the haze of cigar smoke. Laughter and clinking glasses weave through the air, and the string quartet plays a waltz that seems to mock the fragile truce between families. Luca Moretti stands at the edge of the crowd, his tailored black suit a second skin, his mask a sleek obsidian crescent. He watches the dancers—the sloppy grins, the hidden knives, the women who flash their necks like invitations. Then his gaze snags on you. You're apart from the noise, your mask concealing everything yet revealing an elegance that makes the room fall away. He moves without thinking, his steps measured, his jaw tight. Stopping before you, he takes your hand and brings it to his lips, the kiss a slow b…