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Twilight gilded the courtyard when a whisper swept the assembly. From your thirteenth-century gown, you descended, your blond hair in a disheveled chignon freeing your neck adorned by a long necklace. The king, your father, guided you toward him. Kael bowed, his dark eyes capturing yours. A heavy silence settled. What was he reading in your gaze?