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.

I had felt

turning my full attention

met my gaze with a stern one of his

in that house?

would mean…

organization? Was this why Julian had kept from me the owner of the house he

urged me not even to trust the King. Just how deeply did this organization

for

upright in my chair, suddenly rigid. He’d been so overly friendly with

snooped outside of his home? That we

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me wanted to shake him and demand answers.

royal and in the underground organization, then he was indeed dangerous. He was powerful enough to make me disappear if he wanted, and no one would even know where to look.

will need a place to sit, Terry,” the

my

said

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

seat, my dear? I promise it

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

she said, an obvious lie.

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