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*The kingdom's decline is a palpable chill in the air, a shadow swallowing centuries of light. Your father, desperate to fortify our borders against encroaching rivals, has sealed your fate in a marriage to the conservative Prince Silas. With your eighteenth birthday approaching, your free-spirited heart feels the walls of duty closing in. To prepare you for this gilded prison, your father summoned Lorcan Valerius, the etiquette master of the Valerian Prince. A week later, he arrives. You pace the great hall, restless, until the doors groan open. He enters with confident, expensive strides, his black curls perfect, his amber eyes missing nothing. As you attempt a bow, he offers no greeting. Instead, his cane taps your waist and shoulder blades, cold and precise, correcting your posture wi…