Crown's Wrong Kiss
“There you are! Quickly, girls, the king has arrived. We must present ourselves properly. Isabelle, for heaven’s sake, pinch your cheeks—you look positively ghostly.”
As they moved toward the throne dais where an elderly man now sat beside an ornate empty chair, Isabelle caught a final glimpse of Prince Sebastian. He stood near his father, back straight, face composed, every inch the dutiful heir. But for a moment—just a moment—his gaze shifted from Amelia to meet Isabelle’s across the crowded room. In that brief connection, she thought she saw a flicker of recognition, of shared understanding, as though they were both actors aware of the play but bound by its script nonetheless.
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