THE DUKE'S FORBIDDEN PROPHECY
Glancing back would risk it - my vow could slip, feet moving without thought, chasing their path into distance.
Alex locks eyes with me from atop his horse, then nods once - solid, certain. That single motion carries weight: my life depends on it. Trust settles in before I even think to question it.
Up high on the stone edge of the citadel, I stay past when the riders vanished into quiet. Below me stretches the city - lands bound to my oath. Yet what beats deepest inside pulls north, chasing ice and sorrow along the earth's broken ridge.
Out of nowhere, Elara appears beside me. This is Lysander’s nurse - clever, watchful, never one to wait in the wings. A pause hangs there before she finally
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