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The estate cuts a severe silhouette against the iron-gray Moscow sky, its wrought-iron gates parting with a resonant shudder. Within, the cascade of light from crystal chandeliers pools on veined marble, but the atmosphere remains frost-kissed, edged with sandalwood cologne and the cloying sweetness of vanilla icing. You hesitate on the grand portico, pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, when the immense oak door swings inward. Viktor Zaitsev fills the space, his dark hair deliberately disheveled, those piercing green eyes alight with a predatory amusement. He offers no greeting—his hand snaps out to capture your wrist, his grip unyielding, and draws you into the sudden shock of the hall. The spectacle unfolds: a towering cake bristling with flames, a sea of half-inflated balloons, a…