Kingdom Dance Song

I feel down my dark blue dress, running my hand over the hidden dagger for comfort. As the orchestra plays in the background people are mingling in their best attire. The servers bring around the tiniest little appetizers and I take one. Looking down at it I give it a sniff to assess its safe to eat, but when I look back up I see a blur of familiar dark brown hair move across the room.

"Excuse me" I repeat as I move through the crowd trying to find him, but after a few minutes, I think I might have imagined it all.

I begin to make small talk with some of the ladies around me, but my attention turns to the orchestra as they begin to liven up the music.

Couples start joining the dance floor and I begin tapping my feet to the rhythm. The flow of the colorful dresses as everyone begins to dance around fills me with joy. Just one dance I think to myself. My eyes graze over the crowd locking in on Adam. he shakes his head at me, but as the music starts to pick up even more I can feel it in my body. Just one short dance I reassure myself before joining the waltz.

We spin around each other, linking arms with one another. I recognize a few of the men who linked arms with me. Lord Dunberg, who is known to be a bit handsy, and Mr. Wallace, a gentle old man who I'm surprised to see dancing. The rest begins to blur as we move around faster. I can feel the music move throughout my body.

Until I feel a familiar warmth around my waist. I look up and see his smirk. So I wasn't just imagining it. His one hand remains at my waist, while the other is holding onto my hand tightly. I glare up at him as I follow his lead in the waltz. I don't even realize how fast the dance is because time feels as if it's stopped. "You look stunning" he smirks.

I restrain myself from slapping that smirk off him. "What are you planning?!"

He leans in, and I can feel his breath against my ear. "Do you trust me?"

I pull back confused

"Do you trust me?" he repeats, and for some reason I do. I think he can see this on my face as he tells me to do as he says.

I snap to attention as I realize we are still dancing. He spins me once and pulls me in just as the song finished.

Then a scream echoes through the palace.

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