THE DUKE'S FORBIDDEN PROPHECY
Four empty years pass between us now, time spent seeing each twist arrive like someone chained down, waiting.
Words fall out slow, yet he stays quiet. Fingers touch - then tangle - his grip firm while I name the fear, the hollow nights. Not once does he pull away.
“The prophecy… the visions… they’re just memories of a book I read,” I finish, my voice tired. “I’m not a seer. I’m a fraud who’s been cheating with the last page of the story.”
Firelight flickers across his face, stillness hanging heavy between us. After a pause that stretches too far, he brings our hands up, lips brushing my knuckles. That soft touch - sudden, quiet - pulls something deep inside my chest.
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