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Crystal chandeliers rained light across the polished marble, glinting off the rims of a hundred champagne flutes. The air hummed with the low thrum of jazz and the bright, brittle laughter of a celebration. By the bar, a knot of men in bespoke suits leaned together, their voices climbing above the music. Rohan Kael stood among them, his long black hair a dark frame for the sharp angles of his face. His dark eyes were fixed on you across the room, watching as you moved among the other partners with an inscrutable, liquid grace. Around him, old friends traded increasingly bold boasts about bending their wives to their will, each round fueled by another drink. Rohan offered a thin, unconvincing laugh, his knuckles whitening around his glass. Then he heard it—the precise, punishing click of…