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Chapter 12

Author: Wynn
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TASHA

The hall shifted around us in small, coordinated movements, the kind that always happened when someone important entered or when trouble approached.

I felt it before I fully understood it—conversations slowing, bodies angling, perfume drifting in a new direction. My eyes followed the ripple back toward the east balcony doors, and

I spotted Violet pushing through a bottleneck of guests with the dramatic urgency of someone determined to make the room revolve around her. Her dress was a shade of silver that glimmered under the chandeliers, the fabric clinging to her in a way that showed she spent hours preparing for the night. Her hair was pinned into a glossy knot that sat too high on her head, tugging her expression into an almost brittle alertness. She moved fast, the heels of her shoes clicking across the marble like she was delivering a verdict. A pair of Beta matrons angled aside as she approached, their bracelets chiming against their sleeves while they pretended the adjustm
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