00:00I should have run the moment I saw him standing there, gold light catching the edges of his armor, eyes like storm clouds, dangerous and beautiful.
00:13My breath hitched, chest tightening as if my own heartbeat was warning me to flee.
00:21You shouldn't have come here, he said, voice low, trembling with both warning and something else.
00:30Something that made my knees weak.
00:33His fingers brushed my arm, just barely, and I felt fire crawl up my skin.
00:39I wanted to pull away, but every instinct in me, fear, desire, maybe fate, held me there.
00:49The forest around us crackled with magic, shadows twisting like they were alive, whispering my name.
00:57I had a choice, run and live with regret, or stay and risk everything.
01:05My life had always been one of shadows and silence.
01:11I grew up in the outskirts of Arendelle, a city where royalty whispered and commoners dared not dream.
01:19My parents were gone, taken by the sickness that had swept the land, and all that was left of me was a ragged cloak, a small pouch of coins, and a stubborn heart that refused to surrender.
01:33Every day was survival, every night a prayer.
01:39I never imagined magic would choose me or him.
01:43He was a storm dressed as a man, Prince Kaelin, heir to the throne, cursed with power that could destroy or save, and yet he was here, in my life, claiming me in ways I didn't understand.
02:01The kingdom had rules, strict ones, about who could touch the royal blood, who could share a secret glance, who could even breathe the same air, and yet here he was, violating every law, daring me to respond.
02:18I first saw him when I was running from the city guards, I had nothing, no one, but they had taken notice of me, of my strange ability to hear the whispers of the forest.
02:33I could feel the magic in the trees, the hum beneath the soil, and I had learned to hide it, or so I thought.
02:42He had seen it, of course, like he always did.
02:47He had power to recognize the extraordinary in a crowd of ordinary.
02:52He had power to see me.
02:56You're mine, he said once, in a voice that wasn't cruel, but heavy with inevitability.
03:04By birthright and by prophecy.
03:09Prophecy.
03:09That word had terrified me.
03:13It wasn't just him that threatened my heart.
03:16It was the fate woven long before I was born.
03:20They said I would be the key to the kingdom's salvation, or its destruction.
03:26And Cailin?
03:28Cailin was the lock I couldn't break.
03:32Every interaction with him was a gamble.
03:35Every glance carried weight.
03:37Every brush of hands a warning.
03:40I distrusted him.
03:42Yes.
03:43But there was also that spark I couldn't name.
03:46That pull I couldn't resist.
03:49He saved me from danger.
03:51Yet, I had to wonder.
03:53Was it him saving me?
03:55Or the part of the prophecy he didn't tell me?
03:58I had nowhere to hide.
04:02The city burned with unrest.
04:05Magical beasts prowled beyond the borders.
04:08And someone, or something, was hunting me.
04:12And yet, amidst this chaos, Cailin was there.
04:17A constant threat.
04:18And a constant temptation.
04:20The first time he touched me without warning, it was to bandage a wound I hadn't even noticed.
04:28I had fallen into a thorned bush while fleeing a patrol, hands bleeding, and when I looked up, there he was, kneeling, with his cloak over his knees, eyes locked on mine.
04:40His hands brushed my skin lightly, careful, yet deliberate.
04:46You'll ruin your hands if you keep running like this, he said softly.
04:50His fingers grazed the blood, warmth radiating through me.
04:55I wanted to pull away, wanted to scream that he had no right, yet I couldn't move.
05:01I began noticing the little things he did, hidden kindnesses that defied the harsh, untouchable aura he carried.
05:10One morning, I found a loaf of bread and a small flask of warm tea at my doorstep.
05:15No note, no signature, only the scent of cedar, and something faintly familiar, him.
05:23And though I couldn't admit it, I found comfort in these quiet gestures, these small proofs that beneath the crown and the armor, he cared.
05:32One night, the air thick with frost, and the smell of rain, we were forced to take shelter in a ruined temple.
05:41The wind screamed through broken walls, but inside it was quiet, save for our breathing and the faint glow of enchanted torches.
05:49He sat close enough that our shoulders brushed.
05:53I felt his warmth seep into me, a soft, magnetic pull.
05:58Do you trust me?
05:59He asked, voice low.
06:01I hesitated, heart hammering against my ribs.
06:05I'm trying.
06:06I whispered.
06:08It was the truth, though it sounded like a lie even to me.
06:12Magic thrummed between us in unexpected ways.
06:15One evening, when a shadow beast lunged at me, we collided in a strange, dangerous dance of power.
06:23His magic flared, mine reacted, and for a heartbeat, I saw him, not as a prince, not as a predator, but as something human, vulnerable, and achingly close.
06:36Our eyes met in that moment, and everything in the world narrowed to the space between us.
06:42And yet, there was always tension.
06:45We distrusted each other, wary of the other secrets.
06:49I had seen him speak in the council's chambers, cold and commanding.
06:54A prince whose loyalty was to the throne above all.
06:58Could I be an exception?
06:59Could he care for someone like me when the weight of a kingdom pressed on his shoulders?
07:04I didn't know.
07:06But in these stolen moments, I began to hope.
07:09There were also nights I heard him defend me in whispers to his guards, invisible, yet vigilant.
07:17There were gifts left in the shadows.
07:19A small pendant.
07:20A note that said simply,
07:22For when you forget the danger is real.
07:25He never admitted his feelings.
07:27He never acknowledged the pool between us.
07:30Yet the gestures were undeniable.
07:33The night everything changed began with fire.
07:36Flames licked the edges of the royal garden, smoke choked the air, and I ran blindly, heart thundering.
07:45Kaelin was there, waiting, sword in hand, eyes sharp.
07:49Stay behind me, he commanded.
07:52But I couldn't.
07:53Not this time.
07:54The threat wasn't just to the kingdom, it was to him.
07:58We fought together, magic and steel colliding with the roar of beasts.
08:04One of the shadow creatures lunged at him, and instinct took over.
08:08I grabbed a shard of light-infused crystal, piercing the darkness, saving him.
08:14Pain and fear sharpened everything.
08:17The heat of his body next to mine.
08:19The frantic beat of his heart in mine.
08:22The rough brush of his hair against my cheek.
08:24Why didn't you listen?
08:27He yelled.
08:28Though the anger was undercut with relief, panic, something raw and untamed.
08:34I met his bays, trembling, hands scorched, lungs burning.
08:38I couldn't lose you, I whispered.
08:42In that moment, all walls broke down.
08:45No titles, no prophecy, no kingdom mattered.
08:49Only the truth between us.
08:51You're mine, he said again.
08:53This time, not a claim, but a promise.
08:57My heartbeat stuttered.
08:58I could feel it.
09:00Desire, fear, love, danger.
09:03All in one impossible knot.
09:06The battle ended, but nothing was the same.
09:10We had faced death together, and I knew he was no longer untouchable.
09:15Untouchable in a way that terrified me, exhilarated me.
09:19And as he looked at me, wounded but alive, there was no royal distance left.
09:26Only the fragile, dangerous connection we had fought to preserve.
09:30The aftermath was quiet, almost sacred.
09:35The sun rose, bleeding gold across the ruins of the garden.
09:40Kalen's hand found mine, fingers brushing softly.
09:44We'll face this together, he said, voice soft, almost a confession.
09:50I didn't reply, only let my hand remain in his, feeling the warmth, the promise, the unspoken vow.
10:00I knew the kingdom still waited.
10:03The prophecy was far from over.
10:06But for now, in this stolen moment, there was only us.
10:10The air smelled of rain and possibility.
10:14And though danger lingered on the horizon, so did hope.
10:18I leaned close, whispering the words I couldn't say out loud.
10:23I found you, even if the world won't let us be.
10:27His eyes held mine, stormy, golden, undeniable.
10:32Then we'll find a way, he whispered back.
10:36And in that fragile, fleeting moment, I believed it.
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