The sound of footsteps echoed through Gloria, the quiet hall whose very name meant glory. This was the place where portraits of past kings were kept, a space only the royal family could freely enter.
A space built solely to hold the portraits of Petrora's kings and queens — "spacious" didn't quite capture it; "vast" came closer.
The one breaking the silence in that quiet hall was Karman.
He crossed the hall and stopped in front of the portraits of the kingdom's first king and queen. Then he walked on slowly, tracing the line of kings who came after.
Walking like that, he eventually came upon his own face. His younger self looked back at his middle-aged self. Karman studied his own portrait for a while, then let his gaze drift sideways.
The spot where the queen's portrait should have hung was empty.
It had originally held Violetta's portrait, taken…
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