✔𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐈𝐈: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈

Chapter 94: We Were Ships In The Night (EP. 01)

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Addition to the soundtrack:

Sweet Night - Kim Taehyung (V)

And yes. This book's author is an ARMY ;)
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𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓒𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓷,

        𝓗𝓸𝔀 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓠𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓔𝓵𝓼𝓪? 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷, 𝓫𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂. 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓰𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝔂 𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓷𝓽𝔂-𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓭 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓘𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓼.

       𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓫𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓷, 𝓼𝓸 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓫𝓮 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓻. 𝓘𝓽'𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓪 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝔀𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓽.

      𝓑𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓪𝓼 𝓲𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶𝓼, 𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵, 𝓻𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓘𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓸 𝓻𝓾𝓵𝓮. 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓭𝓸 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓽𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓮. 𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷, 𝓐𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓷. 𝓞𝓱, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝓹𝓱𝓮𝔀 𝓲𝓯 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮. 𝓤𝓷𝓬𝓵𝓮 𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓲𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷. 𝓑𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂'𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓶𝓪.

       — 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓘𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓼, 𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷.
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"Are you even sure about this?" Aiden sighed, shutting a briefcase close. Elsa smiled at him submissively before running up to him to adjust the crooked cravat around his neck, blue eyes locking onto green ones assuringly.

"Oh, come on now, love, don't tell me you're afraid of your own home town?" She chuckled teasingly as she worked her fingers through the tie.

"W-well, certainly not afraid, but perhaps a bit reluctant."

"Why? We've went there a couple of times. Well it's been quite long since, but don't you miss the castle?" She questioned, now finishing up.

"... I don't really know, Els. I don't know. I don't know if I miss anything... Or anyone.. For that matter." Aiden responded with an uncomfortable tone. Realizing what he meant, she apologetically pressed a lingering kiss on his cheek with a weak smile. The fire king held her closer to endure the moment, eyes shutting tightly to refrain from tearing up.