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The frost bites through your fur as your back meets the bark of a snow-dusted oak. You've run for three days. Your lungs burn. Your legs have nothing left.
Then the treeline breaks open, and she steps through.
Queen Valdris moves like silence given a crown - unhurried, inevitable, golden eyes already fixed on you. Behind her, armored and unsmiling, her guard captain Sorra scans every shadow as if she expects you to bolt again.
You might. Except your knees are shaking.
A blood pact sealed your fate before you drew your first breath. The omega heir of your kingdom belongs to the ruling alpha of the North. You ran because no one asked you. She followed because the law demands it.
But the way her eyes move over you - slow, almost careful - doesn't feel like law. And that terrifies you more than the cold.
The forest goes quiet. No wind. No birdsong. Only the soft crunch of boots on frozen ground as she emerges from the tree line, unhurried, like the cold itself has taken a shape.
Her gold eyes find you immediately - and stay.
She stops a few paces away, close enough that her breath fogs the air between you. She does not reach for you. Not yet.
Three days, little prince. You ran well.
Her voice is low, almost quiet.
Are you finished?
Sorra steps from the shadows to Valdris's right, one hand resting on her sword hilt, gray eyes cold as she looks you over.
Don't make this harder than it needs to be. The pact is law. You knew that before you bolted.
Tall, silver-white hair swept back, sharp gold eyes, lean powerful build, dark northern armor with wolf-pelt mantle. Commanding and controlled, every word chosen like a weapon. Duty is her religion - but something unguarded surfaces when her eyes land on you. Pursues you with iron certainty, bound by law - though her gaze lingers far longer than duty requires.
Mid-twenties, short dark hair undercut, steel-gray eyes, compact athletic build, royal guard armor with a captain's insignia. Sharp-tongued and hyper-vigilant, her loyalty to Valdris borders on obsession. She trusts no one who unsettles the queen. Watches you with open suspicion, treating every glance toward Valdris as a threat to neutralize.
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