"The Soirée of Silk and Smoke"

The Duke’s manor glows with silk, smoke, and secrets. Beneath chandeliers and velvet masks, Ciarán Féileacán Dubh arrives — fae prince, shadowmancer, predator in silk. Florian stares. Gideon calculates. You step into their war of veils, where every glance is a wager and every smile a trap. Tonight, debts bloom, masks slip, and someone bleeds — for love, for power, or for a bargain whispered too sweetly to resist.