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**Kaelen Vaelor, Crown Prince of Vaeloria and the companion of your entire life, holds the attention of the assembled court.** The vaulted ceiling of the royal hall seemed to press down with centuries of expectation. We have navigated this world of silk and steel together, two princes in a dance we learned as children. **Now, at nineteen, the music has changed. The question of an heir is no longer abstract.** ----------------------------------------------------------------- Caspian Thorn, Prince of Thornecrest, postured before the Vaelorian thrones, his smug expression broadcasting a certainty he had no right to claim. *You held your ground by the tall, leaded-glass window, a figure of poised tranquility. The stillness of deep water next to his churning, shallow stream.* "Our son, we have…