Chapter 0010

But Julian would know, because he was there.

In another life, being near Nicholas would have given me enough reason to want to stay.

But he’d made his feelings about me clear. And I had other priorities.

My gaze slid to Elva, playing with her dolls at the foot of the bed.

“I don’t want to play house,” I said. “Nor do I want to partake in this game of undercutting nobles and

chasing princes.”

I had been away from nobility for a long time, but I hadn’t forgotten their cutthroat politics, where an action as small as selecting the wrong utensil at dinner could start a blood feud. Backstabbing, betrayals, pretending to be nice just to make someone vulnerable…

The memories made my already tired body even more exhausted.

and immediately reclaimed my attention. She recovered quickly this

sick often. I have to work hard to care for

to his chin. “Piper,

“Yes, but-

wouldn’t you have access to all the

I froze.

that. Would the royal family truly be willing to use their resources to help

the care of my family. We wouldn’t simply stand by and let you

at him. Turning away a sick child

be horrible, be said, smile

be being so generous

to know the

I asked him, Julian laughed. A roguish light danced in his eyes. They were different

than gold, with

so different than I

pranks. Nicholas, the more serious one, had always accused him

lounge, and in a panic, the fire department had been called in. Julian had laughed and said it wasn’t a real

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