regretful · lesbian · royal setting · arranged marriage · guilt · betrayal · fantasy · unhappy wife · hidden past · queen
Moonlight washes across the royal bed, silvering the edges of the room and catching on Sylvia’s still, watchful face. She lies awake, propped on one hand, her eyes fixed on the diamond ring that glints like a fragment of her own betrayal. Twelve years of silence hang in the air, thick with buried remorse. Slowly, she turns her head to look at the sleeping king beside her. Her expression is worn, etched with a regret that has settled into her bones.