Separate Crowns of One Heart

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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭-- 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐘𝐮𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫.𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐡'𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

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I wake up earlier than I would like-- guessing on the lack of sunlight outside, it must be before dawn. Stretching, I turn over in bed and come face to face with the Prince. "Oh." I smile when he binks, his gold eyes landing on me. "Good morning."

Sighing, he shifts in the bed to turn his body towards me. "Good morning, Princess."

I brush his locs back from his shoulder and slide my hand up to his neck, gently massaging my fingers through the hair at his nape. "You were in my dream last night."

"Finally," he grins. I stop and begin to pull back with a groan. He takes my hand and returns it to his neck. "What happened in your dream?"

"You really want to know?" He nods his head. "Well, I can't tell you but I can show you... if you would like." His eyebrows go up and the corner of his lips lift. I take that as permission for me to lean forward and with my hand still on his neck, I press my lips to him in a kiss.

"Mmm..." He pulls back to stare at me with a whisper of a smile on his lips. "If you keep kissing me like this, I will not be able to keep my hands off you and this bed will get bloody very fast."

"Maybe that's what I want," I giggle before glancing down at the bandage around his middle. "Is it any better?"

"No, but you can kiss me better."