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 my

my chair, turning my full attention to Julian.

was missing. Instead, he met my gaze with a stern one of his own. His mouth was a tight line. His

in that

would mean…

from me the owner of the house he didn’t

had urged me not even to trust the King. Just how

whispered, for my ears only.

rigid. He’d been so overly friendly

the ones that had snooped outside of his home?

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him and demand answers. The other half

he was indeed dangerous. He was powerful enough to make me disappear if he wanted, and no one would even know where to look.

Terry,” the King said, looking out over

I could choose my own seat,” Terry said.

course,” said

the floor as Terry walked by many open seats to come

over one seat, my dear? I promise it will only be for as

wavered but she could say no. This would be an additional seat between her and Julian, her chosen prince. With obvious reluctance,

said, an obvious

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