The Crown Remembers

I have lost all—
my kin, my crown, my castle, my pride.
All reduced to ash… because of him.
That man—the one the world calls my husband.
I swore I would never love him, never claim him.
And yet… I learn the truth too late.
They say he shielded me at the cost of his honour.
That he wagered his life, again and again, to keep me alive.
That he bore scorn… for the hope I might one day trust him.
And my own blood?
A father loving, yet corrupt.
A house built on stolen gold and unspeakable sins.
The man who stood by me…
I wounded him most of all. Again and again.
And now clarity comes—not as mercy, but torment.
Too late.
The blade awaits.
The crowd watches.
And I am to die.
If time would bend, I would choose differently.
I would not turn from the man who loved me.
I would be his—in truth.
But no mercy is given to the condemned.
So I go to my end…
with regret as my only companion.

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