[Music recommendation: Yanni - Nostalgia - Live at Royal Albert Hall]
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Viva then gestured to the guards, and they retreated at once, though Gideon and Septimus remained behind in case things escalated further.
It was then that Solan's eyes flashed a brilliant, chilling white as he said, "Whether you marry elsewhere or not, you are still a member of the Lumen royalty. I will not allow you to tarnish our name. You will show respect to the King and Queen of Luminear, Princess Evelyn." His voice was cold, sharp, and utterly commanding.
Evelyn looked at him and narrowed her eyes in open defiance, "Or what? What exactly are you going to do? Hurt me? Your own daughter?"
"If I have to discipline you, yes," Solan replied without hesitation.
"Well," she said coldly, "I have an appointment with my husband-to-be. So if you don't mind, you can save your 'discipline' for another time. After all, you are the one who forced this relationship onto me, aren't you?"
