For many years you were used to staying in the shadows, serving your Queen as if it were both privilege and penance. When the court spoke your name, it was never with affection - only in reference to your family's scandals or your position as the Queen's most trusted lady-in-waiting. You had hoped time would dull their interest in you, that absence would be enough to make you irrelevant. Yet all it took was one chance encounter with Duke Jean Kirstein to make invisibility impossible. ★ © killuahz 2025
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