Chapter 0036

Her fury, which I had caused to heighten for a moment, quickly smoothed out again. Her grin returned,

wide and sharp.

“I should have known you were the one who made that sad little gift. It was so simple, so… fashion-

backwards. I had been ready to apologize for its very existence, before the prince made his small mix up.”

Nhad spent hours crafting that wrist guard for the prince. I had purposefully made the design simplistic, knowing Nicholas would prefer it that way. Flashy clothes were never his style.

That Kirsten didn’t know that only showed how little she understood the prince she chased.

“If you wanted him to know it was from you, you should have given it to him directly,” Kirsten said. “That

you didn’t only shows that you knew he would reject it. Just like he’ll reject you, very soon.”

“You shouldn’t have taken credit –”

“It’s too late, Piper. No one will ever believe you made it. Not now. Not against my word. Although…” She

tapped her finger to her chin and looked at Lena. “I think I know a fitting punishment.”

“Oh?” Lena lifted a brow.

Prince Nicholas, Kirsten said. “Gifts that I

arise suspicion eventually. But many gifts would surely lead

graces.”

me. “And then I will be Luna.” She laughed. “Maybe I’ll keep

in the dungeons.

from behind me, in the

lost her spiteful

continued to hold me, but their

seemed unchanged, her vicious eyes searing into mine. “Then I can get

will be doing no such

knew that firm, male

wide. She straightened. “Your Royal

push through the trees and come to

of cool indifference as he took in the scene

to Kirsten, to Lena

his eyes gave away his inner

Nicholas’s hand. She pointed at one of the guard.

meanie!”

The

the girl, then looked up at Nicholas, who

asked.

hands fell away from me. They’d held me roughly for some time now,

they released

wasn’t truly in danger of falling. I just

Nicholas closed the distance between us in a heartbeat. He placed

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