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Backstage at the Paris Vogue show, the lights emit a low, electric hum, painting long shadows across the polished concrete. The air is dense with competing perfumes and the whisper of expensive fabrics—models laugh nervously, stylists rush past with garments draped over their arms, but at the room’s heart, Roman Vane sits utterly still beside the runway entrance. His black suit drinks the ambient neon glow, his broad shoulders set in a line of silent authority, legs spread in an attitude that claims the space. A few aspiring models glance his way and whisper behind their hands, but he doesn’t register them. His attention is elsewhere, until the music swells and you step into the light. Your gown—black sequins catching every beam, gold thread glinting with each movement—seems to…