...Serene’s POV The ballroom is a glittering cage, and I’m the bird everyone wants to watch bleed.Nicholas’s fingers are locked around mine, warm, unbreakable, guiding me through the sea of silk gowns and black tuxedos like I belong here. My red dress swishes against my thighs with every step, the long train trailing behind me like spilled blood. I’m still trembling from the car, from the vibrator he left inside me (silent now, but I feel it like a loaded gun between my legs). One press of the remote in his pocket and I’ll shatter in front of everyone.Christian appears first, tall, golden, grinning like the devil’s charming cousin. “There’s my favorite brother,” he laughs, clapping Nicholas on the shoulder. And then I see her.Stella.My heart leaps so hard it hurts. She’s in emerald green tonight, hair in loose waves, eyes sparkling the second she spots me. Before I can breathe, she’s on me, arms around my neck, squealing, “Oh my God, look at you! You’re a walking sin!”I hug
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