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As I approached, some knights puffed up their chests for attention; others avoided my gaze. When I stopped in front of them, they all dropped to one knee.
"You may rise," I ordered, voice cool.
They stood, and my eyes locked with a pair of violet-red ones — still stormy, still filled with questions. He must have felt lost waking up alone.
I looked away.
My gaze dropped to the dark mark on his neck.
Mine.
I cleared my throat awkwardly and looked somewhere else, pretending not to notice.
"Go back. You're no longer my personal knight."
Drake's fist clenched. He stepped forward instinctively, but then froze, remembering the eyes watching us.
"Princess—"
"It's Your Highness." I corrected quietly.
