Chapter 0072

“9?” someone gasped.

I agreed, that seemed like so many people to be eliminated all at once!

“9,” Nathan confirmed. “When you are eliminated, you are to pack your bags and immediately vacate the premises. There will be cars waiting to escort you home. There will be no arguments or reconsiderations.”

A rising mumble roused again, as the girls whispered to one another.

Many of them turned to look at me.

“The first one to go…”

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I tried to ignore them.

Soon, they stopped paying attention to me, and instead cast their dagger eyes at each other.

After Nathan’s announcement, many ‘accidents‘ seemed to consistently happen amongst the

candidates.

Spilled drinks. “How clumsy of me.”

Tripping. “You should really watch your step.”

Torn dresses. “Didn’t you notice that nail sticking out there?”

It seemed that with the quickly approaching elimination, the girls had begun to turn on one another.

and Linda were the most vicious, though neither seemed to take any action themselves. Rather, they relied

masterminds were.

no one took me seriously, and they

had been ready to ruin my dress with an opened lipstick case, until she realized it

Sorry, Piper.”

happy to be considered unimportant enough

next night, a banquet was held. Yet before we had even sat down, the fighting between Olivia and Linda had reached a boiling point. Though they never raised their voices,

turned lethal.

I’m sure I saw it on sale

you must have trouble telling the decades apart, which

and Linda smiled tightly at

Olivia ‘tripped‘ and spilled her red wine all down the front of Linda’s

terribly clumsy of me.” Olivia

“Why, you!” She moved to slap Olivia, but Olivia ducked out of

time.

been standing just behind her.

could reach me, Nicholas caught Linda’s wrist, stilling her. Her eyes went

redder, all the way to the tips

was absolutely not

embarrassing yourself,” he said, and threw her arm

managed to form coherent words.

out of the room.

of the girls made soft noises

here she was,

herteme

prince. With this poor showing, she might drop far enough to be

him for stopping that slap. It would have

But he

more aware of your

shriveled on my tongue. Did he just imply being

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