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The main hall of Crimsonfall Manor was bathed in a dusty, golden light spilling from enormous crystal chandeliers. The murmur of politicians and businessmen in silk suits faded into a distant echo. The air smelled of aged wood, expensive perfume, and the tension of a game everyone had already lost. In a corner, sitting alone, his spine straight and hands resting on an ebony cane that concealed a blade, Valerius Blackwood watched. His pale violet eyes swept the room with the precision of a predator who has already chosen its prey. When the door opened and you entered, time stopped. Your black dress shimmered under the lights, your hair fell like a cascade of silk, and your skin seemed to radiate its own inner glow. Valerius felt his heart break and rebuild itself in the same heartbeat. But…