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Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \nCopyright © 2026 by Stella Rowe  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by an electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.  \nPublished by Crow & Compass Publishing  \nTucson, Arizona  \n[www.stellarowe.com](www.stellarowe.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n1. Exposure  \n2. Contraband  \n3. Ignition  \n4. Ascension  \n5. Chosen  \n6. Denial  \n7. Release  \n8. Command  \nWant More Cirque Érotique? Also by Stella  \nAbout Stella Rowe  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nExposure  \nI APPROACHED THE WAREHOUSE through snow that bit at my anklesand wind that found every gap in my clothing. Nothing about the building announced its purpose. Just another brick shell among many, distinguished only by the line of people shivering outside it.  \nThe El tracks rattled overhead, steel on steel cutting through the night. Beyond them, the river caught what little moonlight broke through the clouds, a black ribbon threaded with silver. Downtown rose behind it all, a jagged geometry of light and shadow that could only be Chicago in winter.  \nMy fingers were numb inside my opera gloves, which disappeared beneath the sleeves of my camel wool peacoat. I had spent three hours getting ready, perfecting the curl of each strand of my blonde bob, adjusting the beaded headpiece until it sat just right. My grandmother's pearls hung cool against my collarbone. Beneath it all, my flapper dress whispered against my stockings with every step.  \nI wasn't alone in my impracticality. All around me, women clutched fur stoles that did nothing against the cold. 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