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A Glimpse of Royalty
Chapter 3: The Dance That Changed Everything
The ballroom shimmered with gold and candlelight, a sea of jewels and silk swirling around me. Music echoed through the grand hall, violins singing a melody I had heard a thousand times before. The weight of duty pressed against my chest like my father’s expectations wrapped in a velvet cloak.
Then she walked in.
I forgot how to breathe.
The world blurred, the music faded, and for the first time in my life, I felt time stop.
She wasn’t like the others.
The noblewomen around me dripped in wealth, their gowns heavy with gemstones, their smiles rehearsed. But she… she was something else entirely. Dressed in a gown the color of twilight, she moved like a whisper, like a secret meant only for me. Her eyes held a light I had never...
The ballroom shimmered with gold and candlelight, a sea of jewels and silk swirling around me. Music echoed through the grand hall, violins singing a melody I had heard a thousand times before. The weight of duty pressed against my chest like my father’s expectations wrapped in a velvet cloak.
Then she walked in.
I forgot how to breathe.
The world blurred, the music faded, and for the first time in my life, I felt time stop.
She wasn’t like the others.
The noblewomen around me dripped in wealth, their gowns heavy with gemstones, their smiles rehearsed. But she… she was something else entirely. Dressed in a gown the color of twilight, she moved like a whisper, like a secret meant only for me. Her eyes held a light I had never...
