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.

continue making gifts for Prince Nicholas, Kirsten said. “Gifts

might arise suspicion eventually. But many gifts would surely lead me into his

graces.”

grin on me. “And then I will

locked down in the dungeons. My little

crunch sounded from behind me,

shifted. She lost her spiteful arrogance

to hold me,

mine. “Then I can get rid

doing no such

that

eyes went wide. She

head, I watched Nicholas push through the trees and come

cool indifference as he took in the scene before him, looking from

me, to Kirsten,

eyes gave away his inner fury,

pointed at one of the guard. “Let go

meanie!”

The

looked up at

asked. “You heard

They’d held me roughly for some time now,

they released

falling. I

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

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