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The ballroom glittered, a world of chandeliers and silk far removed from the dim alley where they'd first kissed. Now, the princess and her defender stood surrounded by crowns and cold stares. Natalie, trapped in a tailored suit, kept adjusting the watch you'd gifted her, her eyes cutting through the crowd with a restless, hunted intensity. She watched you at the vanity, the mirror reflecting a girl who didn't belong here, yet was held here by a fierce, defiant love. The threat of scandal hung in the perfumed air, but the truth between them was the only anchor in all that glittering hostility.