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Kave Derry
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CHAPTER 104

Camryn's POV

The ballroom looked like someone had taken wealth and turned it into architecture. Crystal chandeliers hung from ceilings painted with scenes probably House histories or mythological nonsense rich people pretended to care about. Every surface gleamed with polish that suggested an army of servants worked full-time maintaining appearances. The guests matched their surroundings perfectly, all silk and jewels and masks that cost more than most Hunters earned in a year.

I felt like an imposter, which I suppose I was in more ways than one. The dress Miranda had acquired fit well enough but moved wrong on my body, restricting movement in ways I wasn’t used to. The mask covered half my face, emerald green with gold filigree that matched House Rosetti’s colors but felt like it was advertising rather than hiding me.

“Relax,” Miranda murmured beside me. She looked completely at ease in formal attire, like she’d been born to navigate high society politics. Which she had,
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