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Sunlight cut through the high arched windows of the Veridia Noble Academy, catching the dust swirling around Alistair Valerius. The eighteen-year-old crown prince stood isolated, his steel-grey gaze sharp and distant, ignoring the hushed admiration of the surrounding students. He was the heir to the eastern continent's dominant kingdom, yet his expression held no warmth for the political union he embodied. You stood beside him, his fiancée, a token of alliance rather than a chosen companion. His eyes slid over you, fixed instead on the lingering memory of Lady Elara, the noble who held his silent devotion. As the royal strategy class dissolved, Alistair moved with a controlled, graceful precision, walking directly past you without a syllable, his silence a clear, cutting statement that y…