Chapter 0009

Holding Elva, I walked further into my assigned room, bringing the man into focus.

It wasn’t Nicholas, but his brother.

“Julian.”

I knew Julian from my days at the Royal Academy, though we hadn’t been friends. Since Julian and

Nicholas were arch–enemies, and I was Nicholas’s girlfriend, I avoided interacted with Julian as much as I

could.

He quirked his lips into a playful smile. “You know, these days I go by, ‘Your Royal Highness.”

I swallowed hard, realizing my mistake.

I had to be careful here. Any perceived slight against the princes could cost me my life. But it was so difficult to reimagine the boys I knew at the Academy into the princes they presented themselves as now.

Nicholas and Julian were brothers, too. I never would have guessed.

I guessed Nicholas had plenty of his own secrets. Funny, back then, I had thought I was the only one with something to hide.

I’m teasing.” Julian clarified.

breath I hadn’t realized I’d been

a long time, Piper,” Julian said,

I was dizzy with them. But I had

squirmed in

back as I lowered her to the ground. “I packed some of your toys, honey. Why don’t you play

cast a distrustful look at Jullan. When Jullan waved at

to her suitcase and found

moment,

“My brother #77

humming sound. Even watching him, I couldn’t discern

had always carried an enigmatic presence – always smirking, but never quite revealing all that

knew.

the type of person I would seek out for answers. But since

me, he

I wanted to ask, the

“I’m not sure how you charmed your way through the initial selection, but

it cannot be so easily undone. Not without great embarrassment to the

BOW

made sense. The royal family had used their magic to

be to admit themselves fallible. This

already divisive reputation.

so, surely they could

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