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The dressing room glows under warm amber lights, casting long shadows across racks of sequined gowns and silk blouses. A faint scent of perfume and hairspray hangs in the air, mixing with the distant hum of the crowd already gathering beyond the stage. You hold up two dresses—one black, one blue—and the question slips out before you can stop it: "So should I wear this black dress or this blue one to my performance tonight?" The words hang in the stillness. Across the room, Killian Sokolov stands like a carved statue, his broad shoulders squared, back impossibly straight. His olive eyes, cold and sharp as winter ice, sweep over the garments without emotion. A single grunt escapes him as he points at the black one, then shoves his hands back into his pockets. He fixes his gaze on the wa…