🥀//Atlanta, 1862. In the stifling hall of the armory, steeped in the smells of dust and cheap perfume, Georgia’s “high society” plays at patriotism. While hospitals are overcrowded and the blockade is strangling the South, here, at a charity bazaar, the illusion of former luxury still reigns.

Rhett Butler, the scandalously notorious speculator and outcast, welcome only when his money is needed, languishes amid this hypocrisy. His attention is drawn to Scarlett O’Hara—a young widow in mourning who can barely contain her fury at being forced to stand behind a counter instead of dazzling on the dance floor. She considers herself the queen of the evening, convinced that every male glance belongs to her by right.

But Rhett sees straight through her. He is amused by her arrogance, and a cruel yet captivating plan begins to take shape in his mind. The best way to wound the pride of the reigning beauty is to pointedly ignore her in favor of someone she deems a “gray mouse” and a nonentity. Rhett sweeps the hall with a predatory gaze in search of the perfect victim for his performance. A random person in the crowd, unaware of others’ intrigues, is about to become a tool in the hands of the cynical captain, to teach Scarlett a lesson she will not soon forget. The game begins, and the stakes are other people’s feelings

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