Chapter 0023

When I returned to the bedroom, Elva was missing from the bed. I nearly screamed, were it not for both of maids, who quickly approached me.

“W–where’s Elva?” I asked them, panic quaking my voice.

“You caused a right commotion, running around,” the talkative maid said. “It was enough to catch the

attention of Prince Nicholas.”

Nicholas? “He’s still at the banquet…?”

I remembered looking back at him as I was leaving. He’d been smiling at an eager girl desperate for his

attention.

“The banquet is still occurring,” the maid said. “He must have excused himself early.”

Why would he do such a thing? Surely he hadn’t overheard what Susie said about Elva? Even if he had, he w

wouldn’t have cared… would he?

“Prince Nicholas.came in here,” the quieter maid said. “He felt Elva’s fever, and then carried her out of

this room himself.”

was a spiral of fear and worries. I struggled to think straight. I only

I had to

wouldn’t make her leave the palace, would

No, as much as he’d changed from three years ago, he wouldn’t hurt Elva. I was certain of that. Especially when I thought of how gently he had held her when she ran to

would he

the palace was off–limits

his room. That was a grave offense. Nathan had made clear that

be strong for Elva. I needed

to think I wanted to

I

the door, I glanced,

had told me they’d been

much less troubled now, looking fully at me. “Miss Piper, you

I’ll show

quickly went the guard. Sensing my urgency, he maintained a fast pace as he led me through the back hallways of the palace,

allowed if I’d been

beheading if it

and a wall of

equipment and microscopes.

far

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