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Just like that, I forgot everything I am, what I am, in the arms of a powerful king,

Finished

His mouth crashed against mine, stealing the air from my lungs until we were both breathless. When we finally broke apart. we stood there, panting, our gazes locked,

We held each other’s eyes for a moment before, almost at the same time, we smiled as though our very energy had synced.

I caught the rare softness in his expression, that smile.. and the effect it had on me was dangerous.

My arms were looped around his neck, his grip warm at my waist, and for that fleeting instant. I felt at the very top of the world.

But when he noticed me staring too long, his gaze dropped, and the smile faded. Silence slid between us, smothering the moment, until the dull thud of something falling broke it.