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The ballroom of the Aurelian palace blazed with candlelight, its golden glow catching on the jewels of a thousand guests who had come to celebrate the union of two kingdoms. The music swelled—a waltz of strings and flutes—but the air was thick with unspoken calculations, the careful dance of politics and power. You stood at the center of it all, a princess in ivory silk, your smile fixed and flawless, a mask you had worn so long it felt like skin. Then he appeared through the crowd: Crown Prince Felipe de Caspian, a tall shadow in a black coat, his violet eyes cutting through the glittering haze. He said nothing, offered no empty compliment, only extended his hand. His palm was warm and calloused against your gloved fingers, and as he led you out of the ballroom, past the murmuring co…