The Weight of Three Times

TO ALL THE LOVE WE THOUGHT WE NEVER DESERVED
Between ordinary Thursdays spent reading together and extraordinary moments neither of them thought worth remembering, something quietly changed.
Perhaps it happened between shared books and shared laughter. Perhaps it happened so gradually that neither of them noticed until imagining a future apart felt impossible.
Whatever the reason, Ansal Ali-Hamzanni has become woven into every corner of Lukrahman's life.
His closest friend.
His greatest comfort.
His favorite person.
And perhaps the one thing he cannot bear to lose.
"He's just my friend."
The words would sound far more convincing if Ansal did not smile whenever his name was mentioned, if Lukrahman did not look for her first in every crowded room, or if half the kingdom had not already decided they were hopelessly in love.
The only people still uncertain seem to be Ansal and Lukrahman themselves.
As princes offer fortunes and ambitious families arrange futures on parchment, life continues moving forward.
An aunt who sacrificed her youth raising two orphaned children finds herself pursued by a patient man who never stopped choosing her.
A knight learns that surviving pain and learning to be loved are different battles.
Across a kingdom where appearances matter and feelings are rarely simple, friendships deepen, old wounds heal, and hearts slowly find their way home.
"You're staring again."
"I am not."
"You absolutely are."
Warm, heartfelt, humorous, and full of longing, this is a fantasy romance about family, friendship, healing, and the quiet moments that change a life forever.
It is for the people who loved too carefully, waited too long, and wondered whether they were worthy of being chosen.
And for anyone who has ever looked at someone and thought: Surely a love like that could never belong to me.
Only to discover they had been loved all along.
"You became home so gradually that I never noticed I was building my future around you." Forever..