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Celeste

Morning came gray and distant. The light slipped through the curtains like an apology, soft and uncertain. The palace was hushed, the air thick with something I couldn’t name. Not silence, not peace, but a strange stillness that pressed against the ribs.

Edgar hadn’t come to my chambers last night. For the first time in weeks, I had slept alone. It was not restful sleep. I drifted in and out, reaching for warmth that wasn’t there. Each time I stirred, I found only the cold shape of his
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