The Weight of Extravagance

Cassian locked eyes with the man standing in the center of the foyer. His jaw clenched tight enough to grind bone. Dante Alarie. The Alarie name carried a staggering weight in the Aether Beastworld, representing a lineage of immeasurable wealth. Cassian felt the fierce, territorial protectiveness he had built over the afternoon threatened by this single arrival. If he had known this man was one of