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.

where I had felt

chair, turning

because his usual smirk was missing. Instead, he met my gaze with

lived in

that would

why Julian had kept from me the

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

whispered, for my ears

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

Julian and I were the ones that had snooped outside of his home? That we had chased the car with

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wanted to shake him and demand answers. The other half wanted

he was indeed dangerous. He was powerful enough to make me disappear if he wanted, and no

sit, Terry,” the King said,

my own

course,” said

come toward

I could convince you to move over one seat, my dear? I promise

be an additional seat between her and Julian, her chosen prince. With

said, an obvious

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