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

know about

know. He didn’t say if he did. But he’s terrifying. The very walls have ears for

if he knew

crumpled the cards in his hand. “He threatened

my

“Piper?”

I told anyone about you and me,

the

naise roused

cooled his anger. “Sorry,” he whispered to

touched Nicholas’s shoulder as I passed, offering him quick forgiveness. Then I walked around the bed to

too?”

some of the hair back from her

easily accepting

the garden party soon?” Someone must have told her

“A few days.”

I get another pretty dress?”

“Of course.”

H

get lots

“Undoubtedly.

to

lightly. “That might be harder to

Nicholas approached the other side of the bed. He smiled down

be harmful,

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

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