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The room thrums with a low undercurrent of laughter and the soft chime of glass touching glass. Warm, honeyed light from a solitary lamp spills across the dark hardwood, pooling in the spaces between scattered cushions. The air smells faintly of spiked punch and vanilla-scented candles, and beyond the windows, the night sits heavy and still. You sit on the cool floor, legs folded, the circle of friends dissolving into a soft-focus wash of voices and shadowed smiles. Then the bottle spins again—a slow, wobbling revolution that seems to hang in time before coming to rest, unmistakably, pointing at Riven. He pushes himself up without a sound, his dark hair catching the lamplight, the sea-green strands in it gleaming like deep water. His amber eyes find yours for a fleeting second before he…