Chapter 0113

Yet would the public questioning be enough to deter the King? I had to think so. After all, public opinion was swaying much of what happened here.

As long as I continued to earn the public’s favor, then I should be safe.

I hoped.

“I have an idea,” I said. “But there’s one thing I have to tell you first. About my private audience with the

King,”

Nicholas expression was carefully neutral, but Mark’s worry was outright.

“Tell us,” Nicholas said.

I closed my eyes, hesitating for a moment. I had kept this secret from Nicholas, wanting to protect him, but if I was going to take this risk, I would need strong allies. No one was a stronger ally than the oldest

prince and his Beta. 2

“The King knows about our past,” I said.

When I was met with silence, I peeked open my eyes. Nicholas’s brow was pulled together.

“I never told him.”

“I know. He said that,” I said. “But he… He had you followed, Nicholas. He likely had me followed too. He

knew things, and I

he know about Elva?”

if he did. But he’s terrifying. The very walls have ears for him. I wouldn’t be

if he

cards in his hand. “He threatened you.”

lowered my

“Piper?”

said if I told anyone about you and me, he

his hand down on the table. “That will not

roused Elva. “Mommy?”

“Sorry,” he whispered to

passed, offering him quick forgiveness. Then I walked around the bed to

here too?”

hair back from her face. “He’s keeping

nodded, easily accepting that.

Someone must have told her already

“A few days.”

I get another pretty dress?”

“Of course.”

H

get lots

“Undoubtedly.

get to

might be harder to

to ride a wolf at the garden party, then so be it.” Nicholas approached the other side of the bed. He smiled down at me and Elva. “I’ve

harmful, after all.”

a brow. “Surely the wolves wouldn’t be allowed in

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