Midnight struck Blackwood Manor with the solemn chime of an ancient grandfather clock in the gallery. The storm outside had passed, leaving behind a sky of crystalline indigo dusted with thousands of cold winter stars that shone through the colossal floor-to-ceiling arched windows of the grand ballroom. Built during the Gilded Age by Julian's great-grandfather, the grand ballroom had once hosted three hundred guests beneath the light of five thousand…
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