[Music: Two birds by Fredrick Lundberg]
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"I should have known. I should have known about her wicked trait…" Ken's voice is small and faded in the swishing of fairy wings and rustling of leaves, his fingers splayed over Theo's chest, right above his steadily beating heart as if it somehow eases his agitation. "I should have known that nothing will satisfy her other than me being married off to a royal." Pearls of tears drizzle down his flushed cheeks, heart heavy inside his chest.
"It's okay. I'm okay." Theo assures, his fingers walking through Ken's silk-cladded arms. "And if she is so desperate to make a connection with the royals, why don't she go and marry some royal blood?" He scoffs as he rests his head on the hard surface of the spirit tree behind him, holding Ken close to his chest. "I'm here now, with you. It is the only thing that matters."
