Betrothed to the devil himself
A single broom scraped back and forth, brisk and efficient, sweeping the last confetti and crushed petals into neat piles.
Lucien’s procession back to his chambers had been a study in restraint; he accepted the compliments, inclined his head to the elders and to the cheering crowds, and politely declined the fluttering invitations of well-meaning young noblewomen. His steps, however, were light with a private unrest. The memory of the fleeting figure at the garden’s edge — the golden hair, the blue eyes — was a small flame that refused to be snuffed. He lay down on the bed in his chamber with the incense still in his hair, the crown’s weight set aside in the antechamber, and let his mind rol
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