The Kings Omega
She was an outsider here, and she wore her otherness like a suit of armor.
Her gaze was drawn to the main balcony where the King stood, a solitary figure of stark black and silver against the vibrant backdrop of the party. She had watched him for the better part of an hour. He played his part well, the stoic, regal monarch, but Lyra’s hunter’s eyes saw the truth. She saw the tension in the line of his shoulders, the way he held his goblet without drinking, the distant, unfocused look in his grey eyes. He was a man trapped in a cage of his own making, and the key to that cage was a secret that gnawed at him, a pain she could almost feel from across the courtyard.
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