Ragnar’s POVI should have been working.The reports covering my desk were important. Border disputes, military movements, trade agreements, mana reserve inventories. Normally I would have finished reading them hours ago, but tonight I found myself staring at the same page for several minutes without absorbing a single word.I already knew why.My gaze drifted toward the closed guest chamber door across the room before I looked away again with a frown. The fire burned steadily nearby, casting warm light across the stone walls of my chambers. Outside, the palace had grown quiet. Most of the court had retired for the evening, leaving only guards and servants moving through the halls.Everything should have felt normal.Instead, my thoughts kept returning to Lior.Or whatever had taken his place.Before his arrival, I had read every report available on him. They all described the same person. A weak Omega prince who spent most of his life avoiding attention. Someone ignored by his family
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