The Beautiful and Damned Book 1 Chapter 2 - Portrait of a Siren (Part 1)

In which we watch the city quicken under November skies, manners sharpened by cold and ambition, as Anthony drifts through talk of art, idleness, and promise, and is led almost carelessly toward the rumor of a girl whose brightness precedes her. The world hums with parties, opinions, and philosophies, yet something lighter and more dangerous begins to shimmer just beyond the arguments.