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yes swept across
l force, clinking glasses, laughing too
the front tables, lan
empty chairs around him creating a pe
g leg stretched out, his black cane r
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l, the predatory edge he
ntirely unbothered by the prey milling around him, ye
ble doors drew my attentio
ets had
by a tight entourage of sy
k with careful precision, a smug, untouchable grin plastered on
im, Jenna clung to his arm like a trophy, practicall
, carrying herself with the rigid arrogance of someone w
ivious to the fact that their executioner was sitting in
e stem of my champagne flute,
e with grand, sweeping gestures, comp
t alone seated thirty feet away, wait
he stage, his booming voice cutting through th
high society threw obscene amounts of money at mediocre
with effortless vanity, each hammer drop met with delighte
cold silence, feeling the steady,
uzzed agai
"All set. Audio and video feeds are patched into
d. "Hold until the auction
k over at Ka
d once, nor had he shift
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