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As the king slept in her arms, Danika stood there, still patting his head. She wouldn't mind standing there for hours if it'll make him sleep well. He is a man that never sleeps.
Time dragged by, his labored breaths filled the air. His arms around her loosened, but never fell away.
His hair was so soft, she just wanted to keep running her hands on it. She didn't know she started humming until a new soft sound joined his breathing in the air.
She wished there was a way to erase the past fifteen years of his life. Of all their lives. But then again, wishes have never been horses, or beggars would have ridden it too.
Suddenly, the door burst open and Mistress Vetta walked into the King's Chambers. She stopped suddenly at the sight in front of her, her lips gapping apart in shock.
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