Standing by the velvet curtains of the lounge, Amy smoothed out her silk dress. She had been away from this inner circle for nearly a year, retreating to the coast to find herself after a scandal that nearly broke her. The whispers started the moment she stepped through the heavy oak doors. "Is that really her?" "I heard she wasn't coming back."

"I feel better," she replied, a sharp edge to her smile. "And now that I'm back, Julian, things are going to be very different around here."

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