Sasha pushed open the heavy stage door of the old opera house, the iron groaning like it resented intruders after midnight. The audition notice had been cryptic: “Kane Collective. Invitation only. No limits.” She had come anyway, twenty-five, broke, and hungry for something more than another corps de ballet rejection.Inside, the theater was stripped bare. No seats, no curtain, just a single pool of white light on the raked stage and Victor Kane waiting beneath it. Tall, black hair slicked back, white shirt open at the throat, he looked more like a predator who had wandered into the wrong century than a choreographer. His eyes tracked her the way a pianist studies a new score, already hearing music no one else could.“Shoes off,” he said, voice low, precise. “Everything else stays until I say otherwise.”Sasha kicked off her worn pointe shoes and walked into the light. The wooden floor was cold against her bare feet. She felt the familiar tug of nerves low in her stomach, but somethin
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