Drugged POV: Elena The grand ballroom of the Vance Hotel was a dizzying sea of glittering crystal chandeliers, high society billionaires, and powerful werewolf royalty. The noise of clinking champagne glasses and classical violin music filled the air. I stood at the top of the grand staircase, looking down at the crowd. I spotted my stepmother, Vivienne, standing near the center bar, draped in diamonds and looking immensely smug as she whispered to a group of trustees. Beside her was Chloe, wearing a pure white, angelic dress that completely contradicted the blackness of her soul. I took a deep breath, lifted my chin, and began my descent. The moment my high heels clicked against the first step, a strange silence went over the ballroom. One by one, heads turned. The same elite pack members and board trustees who had spent months looking down their noses at the "disgraceful, unwed pregnant heiress" were suddenly st
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