Chapter 0049

No, that was a foolish notion. He was kind to Elva because he was a kind person. At the end of the day, Elva and I were going to be eliminated from the competition.

We’d leave the palace, return to our little apartment with Anna, and never hear from Nicholas again, We’d probably see him on television sometimes, with updates on his new family.

It might hurt to see, but that was life.

Dreams were dreams. Reality was reality.

I couldn’t have both.

“It’s so nice of Prince Nicholas to spend so much time with you and your daughter,” said one of the other girls to me

“Looks good for the cameras, too,” said another girl, pointing as a cameraman came close to Elva.

Odd, I hadn’t really noticed them before.

Neither, apparently, had Nicholas. Because the moment he spotted the camera following Elva, he swung her the other way, out of the camera’s line of sight.

just for show?”

no,” the second girl relented. “It just shows off a side of him people don’t

Nicholas was not the type of person to take advantage of that. He danced with Elva because

it’s fun to see while it lasts,” another girl said. “Hope you are enjoying yourself too, Piper. We all know you’ll

her a polite smile but didn’t say anything. I knew I’d be gone soon as well as anyone, but it still hurt to hear other people

Are those guards headed

pair of guards was weaving their way through

think they want?”

I waited for them to go by, but instead they stopped night in

“Miss Piper one asked

whispered one of the

that’s me.” I

blank expressions. These must have

I wondered what happened to the ones who had initially been kind to

Follow me

began to walk away. The other waited for me to

  1. me.

was unnerving, like I was being arrested or something. But how

They were still dancing, now with her standing on his shoes. He paused, though, when he spotted me. His eyes narrowed as he

sitting room. The Queen herself sat on a plush sofa, bracketed by a pair of older

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