Lucien’s POVThe ballroom still smelled of roses and wine long after the last guest had left. Laughter and music had faded into echoes, replaced by the silence of polished marble and dying candle flames. I stood alone near the grand windows, staring into the night sky, the crown of responsibility pressing heavier on my head than ever.Heather had been all smiles tonight, radiant in her jeweled gown, her hand clinging to my arm as though it had always belonged there. To the court, we must have looked like the perfect picture: the cold king and his beautiful bride-to-be.But when her laughter rang in my ears, it wasn’t her voice I heard. It was hers.Elena.The thought was poison and salvation all at once. Six years had passed, and still, my heart refused to release her. I had told myself she was gone, lost to the winds, unwilling to be found. I had buried myself in duty, in alliances, in the mask of a ruler.And yet tonight, as I stared at the reflection of my hollow eyes in the window

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Chapter 32Darkness.It had become my closest enemy.I never used to be afraid of it. I used to find comfort in shadows. Safety in quiet. But now… now the dark wrapped around me like a living thing, crawling across my skin, whispering things I didn’t want to hear.I didn’t know how long I’d been here—days maybe. Or weeks. Time didn’t move the same in this place. It pressed against me from all sides, and no matter how much I screamed or whispered or begged, no one came.The room was small, sealed, and too quiet. Cold seeped into my bones through the stone floor, and the air tasted like mold and rust. The only thing that reminded me I was still alive was the ache in my limbs and the heavy thud of my heartbeat when I heard movement outside.But lately, even that was gone.They hadn’t come in days. No one had.And that was worse than anything else.Because the silence made me think.Made me remember.I should’ve shifted. That’s the thought that haunted me over and over. If I’d shifted int

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