The palace looked exactly the way I remembered it.That was the first thought that crossed my mind when the carriage finally came to a stop.I had seen it before, of course. I had seen it through the pages of the novel, imagined its halls while reading late at night, and built pictures of it in my head without ever realizing that one day I would actually be standing outside its gates. In the story, the royal palace had always been described as a place of beauty, power, and danger. I had thought those descriptions were exaggerated.They weren't.The enormous black gates rose in front of us, decorated with silver designs that caught the afternoon light. Beyond them stood the palace itself, its tall towers reaching toward the pale sky, their dark stone softened by climbing ivy and rows of white roses. Guards stood along the entrance, dressed in the royal colors, their weapons secured at their sides as they watched our carriage approach.My fingers tightened around the dried flower Richar
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