What happens in Vegas, gets posted on tiktok

The desert air shimmered, a heat that clung to skin even after the sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in bruised purple and electric orange.
Las Vegas.
The Nevada dust gave way to a wild symphony of neon and noise. The Strip throbbed with a thrilling, almost frightening energy, a constant river of people flowing between the towering casinos, each a glittering monument to excess. The clatter of slot machines mingled with the thumping bass of nightclub music spilling onto the street.
This was Vegas, a place where dreams were made and broken in the same night, a place where Elara Moon, twenty-one and a little reckless, was about to make a life-changing decision.
With her two best friends, Chloe and Maya, Elara headed toward one of the many casinos beckoning on the Strip. Their belated 21st birthday celebration was finally here.
