Chapter 0211

At once, Nicholas and I scrambled to our feet. Nicholas blocked Julian’s view as I readjusted myself, fixing my bra. When I was put together enough, Nicholas checked me over once before standing aside.

Out lips were red from kissing. Our clothes were wrinkled, and our hair disheveled. But there was nothing to be done for that now.

Julian looked between us, a devilish look in his eyes. “Did you find anything of interest in the closet?”

I blushed fiercely. Even my neck and chest burned.

I’m also curious why your lips are so red,” Julian continued. His teasing, it seemed, would be relentless. Yet under those joking questions, his voice held the tiniest bit of edge.

My initial thought was that it could be jealousy. With Julian, however, there was no way. Disapproval, then? That seemed unlikely too. 4

Either way, I needed to redirect his focus before I died of embarrassment.

I searched for some way to change the subject. I found it when I noticed the rolled up papers Julian was

carrying under his arm.

“What’s that?” I asked.

Julian glanced down at the papers as if he had forgotten he was holding them. “Should we return to

your room? I’ll explain there.”

Nodding, we all walked back to my room. Nicholas stayed at my side, but a foot or so of distance

separated us now. It felt like he was miles away,

Back in my room, Julian began speaking again.

“I heard about the appearance of your twin,” Julian said.

“Jane,” I said.

“Jane,” he repeated.

“How did you find out that Charlotte saw her?” Nicholas asked. He looked at Mark. “Did you tell him?”

“No, Sir,” Mark said at once.

Julian rolled his eyes. “I have ears everywhere.” He paused. “Also, Brian saw her too.”

“What?” We all straightened in alarm.

“Where did he see her?” Nicholas asked.

subtly followed her. But when he seemed to have her cornered,

same as what

thought as much.” To me, he added,

a sighting, as

protect in such a way that he clearly meant

different.

cleared my throat. “What did you

rolls of paper from under

of fabrics that still covered the

placed down one of the papers and unrolled it. It was large

lines and boxes

looking

the first floor of the palace. And if

box that was to indicate a room. “This blueprint includes some of the locations of

secret passageways.”

over the blueprints

“But there are enough that maybe we can figure out where Jane is hiding. At the very least, if we know her escape

his arms. “Aren’t these blueprints locked

you access them?”

cast him a sharp glance, his smile mocking. “You sure you want to

appreciate my

I guessed. It generally was, with Julian. He liked to see how far he

push the rules.

me and his eyes sparkled,

to be out of the

his brother. He sighed. “I’ll take them back when we’re done,

perhaps, you don’t actually wish to catch Jane

hard but

“That’s what I thought.”

over the blueprints. Julian would point

it connected to

the passage in the corner here, where Brian lost sight of Jane, leads down into the

said.

I chased her down into the

disappeared.”

were and found the stairs leading down to the cellars. The

a separate roll

Julian said as he peeked into the rolls, trying to find

its own?

the map for the sublevel, and immediately we noticed a secret passage leading

cellar.

it go?” I

other passages, that had lines leading to where they

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