He's suddenly so close and maybe that's not weird, it's not like he doesn't have a point to make, but... suddenly he's so close.

But this was going to be their reality for... well, a while at least. Up until she found someone else. However... however long that might take.

The thing she really wanted was for the king to go back to being her brother, the serious but indulgent man he'd been before falling ill.

"I guess I want to look pretty in new jewelry," she said, but still a little half-hearted.