Iris's POVThree weeks had passed since that day.There was no real peace in the palace. Everything was in constant motion.Servants hurried through the halls, fabrics were being carried from room to room, flowers were arranged, and letters arrived, were read, discarded, and replaced by new ones.Everything revolved around one word I could no longer escape.Marriage.I heard it everywhere. In every conversation, with every step I took, even when no one actually said it out loud.Ha... well.I didn't have the energy to argue anymore.Mostly because Gabriel never gave me the chance to think in peace.He was everywhere I went.When I opened my eyes in the morning, he was sitting beside me.At noon, whenever I tried to walk around the palace, he followed right behind me.And at night, he wouldn't leave until I was actually asleep.He had even started making small decisions for me without asking.If I wanted to go to the hallway, he'd say, "I'll come with you."If I wanted to get some wate
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