[Music recommendation: OSI AND THE JUPITER (feat. Anilah) - Wights]
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She sat there motionless, lost in thought, when the curtain shifted strangely against the breeze. Her breath caught as the fabric distorted and soon formed the outline of a figure. A man's silhouette stepped through the window pane as if carved from the shadows themselves.
Her heart lurched at the sight. An intruder! In her room, and that too at this hour.
Her lips parted to scream, but the man tore off his mask, lowering his voice to a hurried whisper, "Don't scream, Your Highness. It's me….Alex," he said quickly.
Evelyn's eyes flew wide, and she slapped a hand over her mouth to smother the sound rising in her throat. A second later, she scrambled off the bed and rushed toward him.
"Sir Alex! Did you find Ivan? Where is he? How is he?"
