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Photos are a royal’s full-tio to the party We dance and drink wine and feed each other cake And still the cameras capture each moment
And then I’et a few shots on the balcony, insun behind nificent ballrooht
"You look very happy, Chicken"
I walk to hie, round es ended up like this, every royal should have one"
He chuckles and the wonderful, jolly man who has been such a kind constant in aze down on me
"He would be so proud of youfor so roith emotion
"You have already surpassed all he hoped for you"
I put
"Thank you, dear Alfie"
I wander around the ballroo for my new husband
My husband
How in the world did that happen? Just the words in iddy anddesire
Edward is e functions than I a a roo host and easy conversationalist The type who’s never had an aardof it when I spot hi it up with an attractive, tall blond woet closer I see she seems to be just a bit older than meexcept there’s an air of worldliness about her Of experience
And then I hear their voices
"We can sneak off right now--I’ret it"
"You’re e tree"
"Perhaps not for long They say the Queen is as cold as--"
Edward’s harsh voice chokes off her reply "Not another fucking word"
A fire rages, right near my heart Maybe it’s because I’ve never known this kind of happiness, so I’ve never thought about what I would do to protect it To keep it Turns out, I would do a hell of a lot
They notice me--she notices me, and bows
"Your Majesty It’s--"
"Don’t ‘Your Majesty’ me--who the hell do you think you are? Or more importantly, who the hell do you think I a with mortification
"You think you can walk in here--into ht under o unanswered?"
I don’t hiss, because I’m not a snake or a cat--my words are careful, calculated and completely corip "Try to take what’s round And thenI will burn you to the ground Now go"
I turn away, dis her as she scurries off And that’s when I see that I may have been louder than I realized Because they’re all there--dignitaries, the Pri atby their expressions, they all heard me
I cross my arms and lift hsand it warht down to my toes Then he takesets the attention of the whole ballrooasps, several murmurs of approval and more than one camera flash