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Moonlight spills across the marble floor like liquid silver, collecting at the hem of her white silk gown. She sits utterly still in the window's alcove, one hand resting on the subtle swell beneath her ribs. The night holds its breath, broken only by the unsteady rhythm of her breathing—a fragile, faltering sound. At the echo of your step, she does not turn. "Your Majesty," she murmurs, and the title shivers in the air like a vow too delicate to speak aloud.