Chapter 0026

I read through it all. This invitation Includes Eiva…?” Could that be right? But there was her name, clear

as day, directly beside mine. Perhaps this was some kind of apology for the doctors‘ behavior last night?

Or was this something else another publicity stunt?

I supposed I couldn’t be picky enough to let it bother me. The royal family invited us both, so we both. would attend. Full stop.

Right now, my bigger concern could be focused on the detailed dress code included at the bottom of the invitation.

“The tailors will be here in an hour,” the talkative maid said. “They’ll measure you both for the dresses.”

“Princess dresses?” Elva asked, all doe eyes and sweetness.

The maid smiled at her. “Something very close to, yes.

Elva cheered.

The maid returried her attention to me. The dance instructors will arrive tomorrow.”

“Dance instructors?” I knew how to do a two–step as well as anyone.

the latest dances. Some of the proper steps for the social dances are quite complicated, these

two–step wasn’t going to cut it this time. We hadn’t done much dancing at the Academy at

worked just fine for impromptu dances alone in the garden

away those memories. Nicholas had likely forgotten those special

behind the measurements for both Elva and me. The maids said

assist

I convinced them to at least

one said.

table into my bedroom. As they worked, I peered through some of the scraps of fabric they’d left to

as

fabrics were very sturdy. There was even a swatch of

came to

said, as the maids yawned and rubbed their

excused themselves

Then I went to

some of the size work, trying to remember the shape of Nicholas’s hand

was tired. But it wasn’t the first time I’d pulled an all–nighter.

both of my hands, admiring the finished

fit for a prince with an old

night, a way to properly thank Nicholas for helping Elva. Words hadn’t seemed like

the light

to me now. He seemed to always

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