♛ | ❛ —————– WHILST THE KINGDOM FELL INTO a deep slumber from the evening’s merriment, the Queen was plagued by listless thought, chasing the rest that would evade her. ‘twas strange how memory awakened the heat of his touch on her body once more, cradling her as he did weeks ago as the dance called for. it was as if an apparition HAUNTED her, prodding her psyche to only think of him. his name fell from lips like a magic spell, as a nearly soundless whisper, guided through the desolate corridors with only the flickering light of her candelabra in search of sating her intense craving for pomegranate.