Chapter 0059

Quickly, I exited the car, Julian sighed, threw the car into park, and got out too.

“Over here, Piper,” Nicholas said, motioning to the space beside him. Obediently, I went where he

directed.

Softly, he asked me, “Are you alright?”

The question startled me a moment. I wasn’t sure why he cared. But I assuaged his concerns. “I’m not

hurt.”

Nicholas nodded at me, then rounded on Julian. His voice was thick with fury.

“How could you do something like this? You broke all the rules. Do you not care at all that you’ve potentially endangered Piper’s candidacy for the games?”

Julian rolled his eyes. “It was just a bit of fun, Nicholas.”

“At her expense. You have nothing to lose. She could be punished for your little act of rebellion.”

My y stomach twisted uncomfortably. I hadn’t thought of the consequences like this. I’d just followed

Julian. Was I truly at risk of being expelled?

“It’s not that big of a deal. I doubt anyone noticed.”

“Everyone noticed you zoom out of here first thing in the morning. They even caught your act on

camera.” He waved toward the front gate, where I remembered seeing the camera crew earlier.

Julian glanced from Nicholas to me, and then back again. His smile turned cat–like.

“Just a short while ago, Piper was telling me that you didn’t care about her anymore. Yet here you are,

coming to her rescue like a perfect knight in shining armor.”

Nicholas stiffened. “I don’t care.”

I lowered my head.

“Then why so serious, dear brother?” Julian asked.

right for any candidate to be disqualified

So if it was Lilliana I

head. “You are such

chest. I knew I wasn’t special to

no less

again and again

go, Julian,”

unreadable. When had he begun to shield his

if Piper gets into any

you

and me, Julian laughed again, like everything

tossed him the keys to the car and started walking

the palace.

side of the driveway, and Brian drove the car

and I alone, I began to feel nervous. I rubbed a hand

“Thank you,” I said.

something over my shoulder,

for any of the

me more than I should have allowed. I tried to hide my hurt reaction,

only thing I could do was escape. “If you’ll excuse

again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so

neither Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they

really hoped

was waylaid by

you are. Finally. There won’t

do you

speak with the Luna. Follow

Elva first.” I hadn’t seen her since

health.

rose high on her

didn’t have a choice. I would have to trust the nanny

something was

I corrected. T’ll

palace toward the grand glass double–doors that led out into the

noticed she was

and her entourage had arranged a tea party in the flower field

and a

stables, Nicholas was meeting a girl. Was this another solo date? When had

arranged?

why would the Queen choose to meet with me here? It felt like a trap somehow, though I was

of my past relationship with her son. She

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