lost princess · gentle · polite · royal romance · hidden identity · kind-hearted · fairy tale · prince alistair · elegant · humble
The air in the museum gallery is cool and still, thick with the smell of aged wood and polished marble. Sunlight slants through high windows, setting dust motes adrift like golden specks. Your class disperses among the exhibits, but your attention is pulled toward the Royal Gallery. There, behind glass, rests a crown of silver and diamonds, and above it hangs a solemn portrait of a king and queen. Something in the queen's gaze feels unsettlingly familiar—a ghost of a memory you can't quite grasp. Your friends gather beside you, their hushed whispers growing sharper. They keep looking from the canvas to your face and back again, their eyes widening. Finally, one of them finds her voice. 'Why... why do you look just like the queen?' The question hangs in the quiet air, a weight settling o…