𝓐nais

⠀⠀she ⠀⠀ is ⠀⠀a ⠀⠀ storyteller ⠀⠀⸝⸝ ⠀⠀but ⠀⠀not ⠀⠀the ⠀⠀kind ⠀⠀who ⠀⠀spins ⠀⠀harmless ⠀⠀fables. ⠀⠀

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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❛ i heard a rumor … ❜ words are far more valuable than the stitches that bound their robes together．
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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 A wink followed, feathered with mischief. ❝ I’ve lived too long among needles and nobles to be unraveled easily.❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 And stepped closer, voice light but laced with confidence. ❝ If I get caught, Zemislav, I won’t beg or run. I’ll smile, curtsy, and convince them I belonged there all along. ❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 Fanning out different cloths like cards in a well-played hand. ❝ Now, let’s find your fabric soul, shall we? ❞ With one brow arched, a dare curling on her lips. ❝ Silk for charm? Velvet for mystery? Or are you secretly all leather and tragic poetry once the candles go out? ❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 Finally, a slow smile unfurled. ❝ Very well, Zemislav. I accept. Just don’t expect me to be swayed by sobbing nobles and their ruined vanity. If I’m to be impressed, the secrets better wear diamonds. ❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 She leaned in just slightly, voice a whisper of a tease. ❝ But charm doesn’t count—I've already seen how freely you spend that. ❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 ❝ I want names. The noble kind—the sort who visit you in secret and leave pretending they believe in nothing. ❞ Her smirk curled into something undeniably sly. ❝ Bring me gossip wrapped in velvet, and maybe I’ll be tempted to knock a coin or two off your total. ❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 ❝ Is this just an excuse to stare at me while I work? ❞ The barest hint of a smirk playing at her lips. ❝ How about a trade, instead? Supposed you got something worthwhile. ❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

@VSPKDH04 ❝ Saints preserve me, Zemislav, must you always be this distracting? ❞ Trying and failing not to smile, groaning that couldn’t hide the glint in her eyes. ❝ You have my full attention, so go on, do you want a sonnet in your honor? ❞

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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❛ i heard a rumor … ❜ words are far more valuable than the stitches that bound their robes together．
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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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❛ POST 🪞
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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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❛ BALL PROPER 🍷
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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

Rumors would spread before sunrise, speculation winding through the city like thread through a loom. Some would call it a simple illness, others something far more sinister. Whatever truth lay beneath the spectacle, Anais knew one thing—Castamere would not stay silent about it.

[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

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❛ POST 🪞
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[𝓐nais @VSPLIZ04]

Anais traced the edge of the bodice, eyes distant. ❝ The Queen never falters,❞ she murmured, more to herself than to Lisette. ❝ And yet...❞