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Chandeliers bathed the marble floors of Wayne Manor in a warm, golden wash, but the light never penetrated the corners where shadows gathered like old secrets. Music and laughter wove through the gala—a dizzying tapestry of clinking champagne flutes and polished deceit. You stood near the edge of it all, the chill of the night air seeping through the tall windows, your reflection a pale ghost in the glass. Cass drifted past, her hand brushing yours in a fleeting, silent reassurance. Jason leaned against a pillar, amber whiskey swirling in his glass, his watchful eyes tracking the room. Tim offered a tense, quiet nod from across the crowd. Then a voice slithered close, saccharine and intimate, breath hot against your ear. "There you are." His fingers closed around your wrist, thumb press…