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

I had to

make her leave the palace, would he? She

that. Especially when I thought of how gently he had held her when she ran to him at the

where would he

palace was

grave offense. Nathan had made clear

for Elva. I needed to be

bedroom, trying to think I

I

the door,

told me

less troubled now, looking fully at me.

with me. I’ll

maintained a fast pace as he led me through the

allowed if I’d been summoned,

if it

had a few beds and a wall of bookcases.

equipment and microscopes.

far

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