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A thousand crystal pendants scattered light across the cavernous ballroom, setting silk gowns and gemstones ablaze. The air thrummed with the elegant chaos of a waltz and the murmur of the court. As a figure in the crowd staggered back from the press, searching for an exit, a pair of strong hands settled firmly on her waist, arresting her flight. "I have you," Prince Maxon Schreave murmured, his voice a quiet anchor in the din. The chandelier light caught in his honey-gold hair and glimmered in his warm, chocolate-brown gaze. "Are you unharmed, you?"