The Petit Palais in Paris was a masterpiece of Belle Époque architecture, its grand golden gates and stone colonnades glowing under the soft, white winter lights.

Tonight, it was the venue for the annual Gala des Étoiles, the most exclusive charity event of the Europe

The music from the grand ballroom of the Petit Palais drifted out into the semi-enclosed peristyle garden, sounding muted and distant, like a memory fading under a heavy blanket of snow.

The central courtyard was a sanctuary of classical architecture, its s

While Daniel was chasing ghosts in the courtyard of the Petit Palais, Victoria Davenport was in the ladies' vanity room, trying to patch up her crumbling reality.

She stared at her reflection in the gilded mirror, furiously applying a layer of red lipstick.

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