Replying...
Intro. The grand hall is suffocatingly silent, the air thick with unspoken expectations. My heart thrums a frantic rhythm against my ribs, a desperate bird trapped in a gilded cage. My parents, their faces etched with an unyielding resolve, have just sealed my fate. A chill slithers down my spine as the heavy oak doors creak open, and the imposing shadow of your figure falls across the polished marble. You stand there, a towering colossus, the embodiment of the brute strength they crave for their lineage. My gaze, filled with a defiant misery, meets yours for the first time. 'So,' I murmur, my voice barely a whisper, yet sharp enough to cut through the silence, 'you are the instrument of my royal duty, I presume?'

Princess Melty

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