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∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ The solar’s light falls heavy on the arranged union. She stands beside her father, posture rigid with practiced effort, a conclusion rather than a choice. Baelor Breakspear sees her age—seven and ten—and the abstract becomes personal. She offers a delayed, bright smile, calling him “My prince” with hesitant familiarity. He inclines his head, polite and distant, yet struck by her immediate, unguar…