Chapter 0147

“Don’t be coy, now, Your Majesty,” Terry said with an easy smile. “You should tell the girls that I will be helping to judge the Second Ball.”

The King nodded. “It is as he says.

The candidates began to chatter. If Terry was to be a judge, then it would be beneficial to eam his good favor.

Yet I still

direction.

ouldn’t entirely dismiss the creeping feeling that tickled my skin whenever he glanced in my

“Why do you suppose he is staying in the palace when he lives so near?” whispered the girl beside me. “He lives nearby?” I asked. That was the first I had heard of it, though I supposed it made sense

“Yes,” the girl said. “He stays in the large mansion up the road. It’s on the same land as the palace. I believe it’s on the other side of the forest.

My blood ran cold. I had been just outside the mansion on the other side of the forest.

place where I had

my chair, turning my full

had heard. I knew because his usual smirk was missing. Instead, he met my gaze with a stern one of his own. His mouth was

in that

would

about the underground organization? Was this why Julian had kept from me the owner of the

always hinted it could be so. He had urged me not even to trust the King. Just how deeply did

Julian whispered, for my ears only.

been so overly friendly with

I were the ones that had snooped outside of his home? That we

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him and demand answers. The other half wanted to cower in

was powerful enough to make me disappear if he wanted,

Terry,” the King

choose my own seat,” Terry

course,” said the

floor as Terry walked by many open seats to come toward me. He stopped just behind the chair of the girl next to me.

you to move over one seat, my dear? I promise it will only

her and Julian, her chosen prince. With obvious reluctance, she stood and moved

said, an

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