Chapter 1
The heavy, sickening thud of flesh striking bone reverberated across the opulent, crystal-chandeliered ballroom like a gunshot.
Three hundred elite wedding guests froze mid-breath, their champagne flutes suspended in mid-air as absolute shock paralyzed the room.
Thirty-year-old Julian Vance stood rigid in his impeccably tailored charcoal grey suit, his silver tie catching the warm ambient lighting.
His right fist remained clenched tightly at his side, trembling slightly from the sudden surge of adrenaline and suppressed rage.
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The glittering socialite atmosphere of the multi-million dollar reception dissolved in an instant, replaced by a suffocating, suffocating dread.
Every eye in the grand hall turned toward the center of the polished parquet floor where the confrontation had just erupted.
