The Queen's Heir
It shimmered with soft light, shifting between shades of blue and green like the ocean under changing skies.
"I don't know what to say," he said quietly, looking from the stone to her face.
"This is... it's more than I could ever deserve."
"Deserve has nothing to do with it," Eirene replied with a warm smile.
"It's a gift, given freely, just as you gave me your drawing. That's how this new world works – not with exchange or reward, but with sharing and connection. We all have gifts to give, whether we're gods or mortals, artists or farmers, musicians or merchants."
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