Chapter 0062

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The next morning. when I woke up, I headed straight for the window to look at the sky. Fortunately, there

was no cloud in sight. Today, it seemed, I would escape my punishment.

One of these days, however, my luck would run out and I would be forced to kneel in the storm and hope

my body was strong enough to take it.

Elva and I dressed for the day, and hand in hand, we exited our room to head down to breakfast. Just

outside of the room, we were greeted by Mark.

“Piper, Elva.” He turned toward the two guards standing behind him. “From now on, these two will be

personally assigned to you.”

Their uniforms were more or less similar to other guards I’d seen, except these ones had green trim

around their cuffs.

“They are a part of Prince Nicholas’s personal guard,” Mark explained. “You will also find that others on

this floor have been replaced, though these two will be outside your door at all times if you need them.”

enough, much nicer than my previous guards. And if

personally vetted by Nicholas, then I had little reason to

seemed fond of Elva. I believed him when he said he would

Really, that was all

dropped to one knee to talk

happened to you, Elva. But I can vow to you that it will never

you have my

didn’t reply, just looked at him with wide

are ever scared, and your mom or Prince Nicholas

Do you

my nod, she

rose to his feet.

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t it,

since the day

guards, Mark included.

her. She

her out of a

to trust them

the girls were loudly chatting

I had gone out there. The Queen, it seemed,

of her punishing in

meant that none of Elva’s endangerment made it

it, did not mean the other

date from yesterday – who wasn’t Lilliana, much to her

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