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.”

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

had to be

leave the palace, would he? She was

Elva. I was certain of that. Especially when I thought

would he

prince. Nowhere in the palace was off–limits to him.

grave offense. Nathan had made clear that

Elva. I needed

I wanted to scream in

I

door, I glanced, and

had told me

now, looking fully at me. “Miss Piper, you

me. I’ll show you the

fast pace as he led me through the back hallways of

been summoned, right? I didn’t have

if it brought me to

a wall of bookcases. Several tables

equipment and microscopes.

far

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