His Incurable Omega novel Chapter 16

With the fitting done, the Queen shooed away both Gavin and August, saying she had other things to do.

Gavin followed August to the training grounds and watched as the Prince pulled off his shirt, threw it on the bench where he last left it and proceeded where he left off at in his training.

Gavin leaned against a post and sighed.

It was almost as if he had never left.

Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone,

Without a dream in my heart,

Without a love of my own,

Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for,

You heard me saying a prayer for,

Someone I could care for,

And then there suddenly appeared before me,

Someone my arms could really hold,

I heard you whisper "Darling please adore me,"

And when I looked to the moon it had turned to gold

-Blue Moon

A cloud of silence had fallen over the castle.

Many eyes glanced at what form of devices they could find that showed time to their wondering eyes.

Mr. Joseph looked around the ballroom nervously making the last walk to check that everything was in place, before taking out his phone.

One more minute.

The kitchen did not stop in their hurried dash as they ran around with the hot fires and heat of the stoves radiating off them. Only one worker took the time to stop and look up at the ticking clock above their heads.

One more minute.

Fayette, Jane, Lizzy, and Charles set down the plates and silverware for the dining hall, followed by many professional decorators who looked into the small details and adjusted the plates to face a certain way, made sure the forks were correctly placed, that the flowers would not fall onto anyone's spot.

Fayette asked Lizzy for the time, only to have Charles look at the watch on his wrist and say, "11:59."

"One more minute," Fayette said.

The seconds ticked by until they dwindled down to the final few, as the handle completed its full rotation around the circle of the clock.

There was a moment of silence. And then the Bells started to ring.

One by one, each deep sonorous sound echoed across the halls of the palace as each worker took a moment to pause in their movement and lean their heads towards the source of the noise.

All took in a deep breath.

The King stepped past the Queen and Prince and spoke out to the waiting cloud, "Let the Blue Moon Ceremony begin."

A rush of excitement filled the air as the mass started to nod and sway.

The King held his place in front and lift his hands upward.

The mass knew what he would say, and so, as the King spoke his words, he was accompanied by the many voices all saying the lines that were taught to all from the time they were born,

"And in the light is the moon,

and I, I see the moon,

and she, she sees me.

Let me wane through the years,

under her watchful gaze,

as forever she is there,

sitting above us still to stay."

A hush fell over everyone. No one moved waiting for the Kings next words.

"Bring the Fire," he said.

A man came from the same unseen side door that the royal family had entered through. In his hands was a bowl that had a flame fixed inside it. Motioned to the man, the King waved his hands towards a table that was in front of him. The man set the flame down and took a seat with the mass below.