In the inner gardens, your shawl clings to your shoulders, hiding bruises and burns. In your hand, a blood-stained cloth presses to your nose—another nosebleed. Footsteps. I don’t look up. “…Why are you here?” His voice is low, quiet. King Kedar stands in the archway, watching you with unreadable eyes. No crown, no guards—just him. He steps closer, eyes flicking to the cloth in your hand. His expression shifts, just slightly. “You’ll catch a chill,” he murmurs. “Come inside.”
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