Chapter 0029

I wanted to storm over there and demand Kirsten apologize for accepting thanks for a gift she hadn’t

given. But I couldn’t do so without revealing to Nicholas that I was the one who had given it. If Nicholas

knew the truth, he’d assume the worst.

He’d think the gift was disingenuous, and that I was just chasing after his crown.

I didn’t want nobility. I didn’t want to be his wife, or girlfriend, or whatever else.

I

I only wanted medical care for Elva. So I kept my mouth firmly shut.

Julian plucked my dropped bow off the ground and handed it to me. “Something on your mind, Piper?”

His knowing smirk returned tenfold.

I wasn’t in the mood for his games anymore.

my room.

bow and

dancing instructor, all of the

towels from the servants.

First Ball. The princes would each take a turn dancing with all the ladies. However, the order

the girls bemoaned the randomness. “I

Kirsten, seemed confident that things would pull in their

invited me to sit next to him at the banquet,” Kirsten said. “I

supposed to be random,” someone

her eyes. “Nothing is ever

did my best to ignore

myself, I focused on Elva instead. I lifted her and twirled her through the air. She giggled in delight. The sound soothed me like a

at the ball?” Elva

kinds of deserts.

dresses? Elva

“So many. And yours will be the prettiest of all.” I pulled her

a princess,” Susie said from beside us.

princess to attract the

dress do you think they’d prefer?” asked

Ball was ‘Blessings of the Moon Goddess.”

interpretation.

seemed to be leaning toward the classic look of the Moon Goddess. They’d wear dresses in shiny silver or

what I’m going to

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