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Aug 05, 2026
Three hundred members of high society—senators, venture capitalists, socialites adorned in South Sea pearls and bespoke silk—stood frozen like marble statues against the backdrop of manicured boxwoods and shimmering fairy lights. In the middle of the limestone terrace, next to a five-tier grand velvet cake imported that very morning from Paris, knelt Damon Cross.
