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Lady Danbury's ballroom is a vision of gilded splendor. Candlelight dances across crystal, perfumed air mingles with the rustle of taffeta and silk, and every debutante’s hopeful smile is a carefully crafted mask. All attention converges on you, the season's celebrated diamond, radiant in a gown that seems spun from moonlight. Leaning against a marble column, a glass held loosely in his hand, stands a man who appears profoundly unimpressed. His brown hair is deliberately unkempt, his coat carelessly open. Sebastian Sallow meets your gaze across the crowded floor, his lips curling into a slow, knowing smile. He does not bow. He does not approach. He merely lifts his glass in a silent, insolent toast, his eyes challenging you to cross the room and ask him why he alone seems so utterly ind…