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For a long moment, no one spoke. The silver trumpets on the balcony had gone silent.

No one moved. The laughter that had filled the royal ballroom only moments before was gone.

For a moment, even the candles seemed to stop flickering. Ava stood at the front of the ballroom

For several seconds, no one moved. The champagne glasses stayed lifted halfway to lips.

Mason did not answer. Not at first. He looked at the folder on the table, then at Olivia, then

A little girl, seated across a table full of suits. "I speak seven languages." The room burst

"Get out. Now." The piano's first wrong note passed before anyone understood what they'

For a moment, Lily forgot the ballroom existed. She forgot the gold lights. The jazz.

For a moment, Grace could not understand what she was holding. The paper trembled in her hands.

For a moment, nobody in the jewelry store moved. The chandelier still glittered above them.


