Sophia
After Queen Elise reveals her truth
Caleb’s scent was the first thing to move when Queen Elise finished speaking. It drifted like a breeze, mint and oak as he stood, quietly, like a man who didn’t want to break whatever fragile peace had settled in the room.
I didn’t even realize I was holding my breath until he leaned forward and lifted Queen Elise’s hand.
My brows rose before I could stop them.
He kissed the back of her hand first… slow, reverent… but what stunned me most was the way he paused afterward, as if memorizing the shape of her knuckles under his lips. Then, as though unable to resist, he leaned down again and pressed a soft kiss into her silver–streaked hair.
I froze.
Caleb? Doing that?
The same Caleb who used to walk past me as though I were invisible?
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