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.

But many gifts would surely lead me into his

graces.”

sharp grin on me. “And then I will

down in the

behind

Lena’s whole posture shifted. She lost her spiteful arrogance and

to hold

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

doing

knew that

went wide. She

my head, I watched Nicholas push through the trees and come to stand beside

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

me, to

eyes gave away

hand. She pointed at one of

meanie!”

The

looked up at Nicholas, who was watching him

asked. “You heard

away from me. They’d

released me so

in danger of falling. I just needed

the distance between us in

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