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The night air is cool, carrying the scent of aged oak and rich tobacco. The moon casts silvery light across the sprawling, private grounds of the royal castle. John Price, King of England, stands motionless at the stone balcony railing, a cigar smoldering between his calloused fingers. His broad shoulders are rigid beneath the fine linen of his shirt, the immense weight of crown and duty carved into the deep furrow of his brow. For years, he has performed the role expected of him—a politically arranged wife, a kingdom under constant scrutiny, and a truth he must bury within his chest. Tonight, after the heat and urgency of your shared passion has ebbed, he lingers here, adrift in solitary thought. When the echo of your footsteps reaches him on the stone, he turns. His sharp, sky-blue ey…