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The grand hall of Villa Sable glittered under a constellation of chandeliers, their light splintering across crystal flutes and the sheen of silk. Outside, thunder growled low in the distance, a threat against the manicured gardens. You stood beside a towering pane of glass, its cool surface pressing through your dress as you watched storm clouds devour the last traces of twilight. The chatter around you felt hollow—strangers toasting to a fiction. Then the footsteps arrived. Heavy. Deliberate. Each one a measured beat against the marble floor. The crowd seemed to part like a tide, whispers trailing in his wake. Luca Valerio. His silhouette blotted out the light as he stopped beside you, close enough that you felt the chill he carried with him. His eyes, cold and analytical, swept over…