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 that

Only one gift might arise suspicion eventually. But many gifts would surely lead

graces.”

on me. “And then I will be

the dungeons. My

from behind me, in the

posture shifted. She lost her

guards continued to hold me, but their

her vicious eyes searing into mine. “Then I

be doing no

knew that firm,

went wide. She

my head, I watched Nicholas push through the trees

took

me, to

eyes gave away his inner fury, gold

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

meanie!”

The

looked up at Nicholas, who was watching

Nicholas asked.

They’d held me

released

in danger of falling. I just needed to

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

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