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Stolen from the Masquerade

Genre:
Dark Romance
Last updated:
1 Oct 2026
By:
Julian Vance
Status:
Completed
Language:
English · 18+
9.9 Rating 26 Chapters
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Dark Romance high-heat-romance steamy-romance billionaire-vigilante captive-romance ballerina masquerade blood-vengeance gothic-romance

Chapter 1

The Masquerade Abduction

The Grand Metropolitan Opera House was drowned in a sea of decadent gold leaf, velvet draping, and deceit.

Beneath the soaring crystal chandeliers that hung like frozen fire from the painted ceiling, New York’s elite moved in glittering, anonymous schools. It was the annual Venetian Midwinter Masquerade—a gala where billionaires, corrupt politicians, and high-society crime bosses concealed their sins behind gilded porcelain masks, silk domino cloaks, and bejeweled feathers. Champagne flowed in crystal flutes, laughter tinkled like breaking glass, and string quartets played Vivaldi from the mezzanine.

From the moment she had strapped on her first pair of satin pointe shoes at age six in the sterile mirrors of the Juilliard dance studios, Camilla had understood that discipline was the only currency her family recognized. Her mother had died when she was barely ten, leaving behind an empty marble townhouse on the Upper East Side and a father whose affection was measured strictly in quarterly maritime yields. For Camilla, dance was not an extracurricular pursuit or a social debutante's pastime; it was her church, her fortress, and the only realm where she maintained absolute sovereignty over her own body.

Yet looking out through the velvet curtain slits at the glittering horde of high-society patrons swarming the orchestra stalls, she felt that sovereignty evaporating. Tonight’s performance was not an artistic recital; it was a livestock auction disguised in silk and diamond tiaras.

Camilla Sterling stood in the wings of the main stage, her heart drumming a frantic, suffocating rhythm beneath her corset.

She was dressed as the Dying Swan—a bespoke gown of pure white silk tulle, adorned with hundreds of hand-sewn swan feathers and dusted with micro-pearls that caught the stage lights like morning frost. Upon her delicate face sat a filigree silver mask that concealed everything except her large, doe-like hazel eyes and the lush curve of her trembling, rose-tinted lips.

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Chapters
26
Words
39.6K
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Ch 1–3
Status
Completed
Author
Julian Vance
Updated
1 Oct 2026

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Chapter 25: Starlight Over Paris

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Chapter 24: The Blackwood Wedding

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Chapter 23: Rebirth of the Swan

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Stolen from the Masquerade is written by Julian Vance, a dark romance romance novel.

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Stolen from the Masquerade has 26 chapters (about 39,560 words), written in English.

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Catalog

26 chapters
  1. 1. The Masquerade Abduction Free
  2. 2. The Cage of Velvet Free
  3. 3. The Master of Blackwood Free
  4. 4. Intimate Interrogation In app
  5. 5. Whispers of the Past In app
  6. 6. Symphony in the Shadows In app
  7. 7. The Ballerina's Defiance In app
  8. 8. Midnight in the Conservatory In app
  9. 9. Dark Desires In app
  10. 10. Blood Collateral In app
  11. 11. The Unmasking In app
  12. 12. Masquerade of Vengeance In app
  13. 13. Surrender in the Firelight In app
  14. 14. Richard's Treason In app
  15. 15. The Sterling Fall In app
  16. 16. Dante's Retaliation In app
  17. 17. The Manor Under Siege In app
  18. 18. Camilla's Choice In app
  19. 19. Blood on Velvet In app
  20. 20. The Shadow's Mercy In app
  21. 21. Healing in the Ruins In app
  22. 22. The Phantom's Vow In app
  23. 23. Rebirth of the Swan In app
  24. 24. The Blackwood Wedding In app
  25. 25. Starlight Over Paris In app
  26. 26. Eternal Velvet and Ash In app

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