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Author: Ady Daniels
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-05 00:01:01

There’s tension hanging in the palace air like a heavy curtain. No one says it out loud, but we’re all waiting, waiting for the DNA test result that could change everything. The whispers have started, too. Servants pause their conversations when I walk past. Guards exchange looks. Even the nobles pretend not to stare too hard when Kian walks by.

He moves around like he already belongs here. He's confident. Unbothered. As if he’s certain he’s one of us.

He and his mother are being kept in the royal guest house, pending the release of the test result. It’s supposed to be neutral ground, but everyone knows it’s a soft welcome.

Lina and I are walking back from the palace spa, my skin still warm from the steam, when we run into him.

Kian.

He’s standing at the top of the garden steps, arms folded, a lazy smile tugging at his lips.

“You glow, Princess,” he says, eyes sweeping across me with ease. “If this is what the royal spa does, then I need to book a session.”

I smile politely. “Thank yo
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