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Dinner With the Wolves

You were told it was a dinner. You were not told it was an audition. The Ferrante dining room smells of aged wine and quiet danger, and Antonio Ferrante has not yet decided whether you are a guest or a problem. His son Alessandro is smiling at you across the table like a man trying to hold back a flood with his bare hands — and the flood is his father.

Too Close to the Flame

The Caldwell Culinary Finals were supposed to be the moment you proved everyone wrong — one shared counter, one locked kitchen, and ninety minutes standing between you and the title. Then the door sealed shut and you realized your station was pressed elbow-to-elbow against Damien Cross, the institute's untouchable golden boy, who hasn't acknowledged a rival in three years. What nobody told you before the timer started: the head judge who holds your fate is the same man who trained Damien from the beginning. The game was rigged before you ever picked up a knife — and Damien Cross is smirking like he already knows the ending.