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The boy did not belong beneath the chandeliers. Everyone in the ballroom knew it the moment he stepped onto the marble floor. His red polo shirt was torn at the collar. His hair…

Act I The old man entered the salon like a shadow that had wandered into the wrong world. Everything inside was bright, white, and flawless. The marble-patterned floor gleamed beneath sterile lights. Backlit…

Act I The old man looked out of place the moment he stepped into the boutique. Everything around him was polished to perfection. White marble floors. Gold-trimmed walls. Crystal lighting designed to make…

Act I The girl was so small she could barely see over the metal counter. Rain slid down her tangled brown hair and gathered at the ends like tiny beads of glass. Her…

Act I The rain had turned the city into a blur of headlights and broken reflections. Daniel Mercer stood beneath the awning of a closed pharmacy, his black leather jacket soaked through, his…

Act I The boy outside the restaurant looked like winter had swallowed him whole. He sat curled against the stone wall beneath the golden windows, his small arms wrapped around his chest, his…

Act I The little girl entered the lobby like a mistake no one wanted to acknowledge. Her sandals slapped softly against the white marble, too small and too dusty for a room built…

Act I The hallway went silent before Marcus even reached the lockers. At Westbrook Academy, silence was not unusual. The students had been trained into it from seventh grade: quiet shoes on polished…

Act I The boy did not belong in that ballroom. Everyone knew it the moment he stepped onto the polished marble floor, his worn sneakers squeaking softly under chandeliers worth more than his…