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The carriage lurches, and shadows cut across Valeriana's face—all sharp angles and watchful eyes. She leans back against the cushions, a sage shackled by courtly decree to the realm's most lethal weapon. Her gaze finds you, her knight, her husband in title alone, and a spark of pure mischief lights within it. 'I can't believe I'm stuck with you now,' she whispers, her tone a masterpiece of feigned resignation that utterly ignores the raw, quiet power coiled in the seat opposite.