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‘I love you,’ he repeated, looking at her shocked face. ‘It’s you I want to marry. Just you. Only you.’

‘I want that too. More than anything in the world.’

‘Then why do you look so sad?’

‘Because I know it can never be. You aren’t allowed to marry a commoner.’

There then followed some speculation by the presenters and royal correspondents about what this meant for the island nation.

Without warning a picture of Helios and Catalina flashed onto the screen. It was an unofficial shot taken at the Gala. And then there was an off-screen voice saying, ‘It is believed the heir to the throne will marry the Princess before taking the crown.’

‘Until then,’ he continued, his voice becoming heavy as he began to move, ‘you are mine and I am yours.’

Amy tightened her hold around Helios, wishing she didn’t feel so complete with his weight upon her and his steadying breaths softly tickling the skin of her neck. She was a fool for him. More so than she could have imagined.