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You rest a hand on her shoulder.
Isolde leans into the touch briefly, then gives you a grateful look. The gesture is familiar. Steady. The kind of closeness you have shared for years without needing to explain it.
After that, you return inside together.
The ballroom is still full of music and candlelight. Nobles turn as Isolde enters, ready to claim another word, another smile, another piece of the new queen’s attention.
This time, she keeps you close.
The celebration continues around you, but the shape of the evening has changed. By the end of the night, you are no longer only Isolde’s closest friend.
You are going to be her royal advisor.