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First Blood

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Chapter 56: First Blood

The grand ballroom was alive with the low thrum of music and the rustle of silk and leather. Crimson chandeliers cast shifting shadows across the dance floor; couples moved in slow, predatory circles while others clustered at the obsidian tables, trays of blood-infused cocktails and rare steaks passing hand to hand. Nico sat at the center of the elite table on the raised platform—Elara and Liora on either side (legs still draped over his lap under the table), Ravenna an
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