Forbidden To Love: A Royal Sin
As we drive, the city unfurls with bridges lit like jewelry, rivers glistening under the moon, buildings older than my kingdom but alive with light.
I lean toward the glass. “It feels… unreal.”
Jacques glances at me in the mirror. “Paris has that effect. It overwhelms you at first, then makes you believe you belong to it.”
I smile faintly. “In Aerithia, everything is… controlled, predictable but here…” I gesture to the blur of neon and laughter outside. “It feels like anything can happen.”
Jacques chuckles softly. “And it usually does, Princess.”
For the first time since leaving home, I allow myself to breathe deeply. Tonight, I am not just the dutiful daughter of Aerithia. I am a stranger i
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