Chapter 0227

I nodded, just as Elva returned with her third doll.

Nicholas stayed to play until late in the morning, when his duties finally pulled him away. He hugged Elva

extra tightly before he left. He squeezed me too, though I pretended not to notice.

After lunch, Tiffany stopped me just outside in the hallway. She pulled me to the side so that we could

speak privately for a minute.

“What did you want to talk about?” I asked when we were far enough away from the door that the other

girls couldn’t overhear.

“Listen, Piper, Veronica and I have been noticing some strange behavior from you lately. It’s kind of

freaking everyone out.”

She seemed earnestly concerned, her brow bunched up.

had accused me of things too, but this didn’t feel like

Tiffany to

said. I placed my hand on my heart, hoping she could see the sincerity I was trying to

you walking around alone in odd places of the palace at

out of

though usually I had Nicholas or Julian on my arm. It could even be said that I had been in odd places, since I’d been down into the cellar. But never, ever, had I gone into anyone’s room

must have been my sister Jane. But I couldn’t

that w

there’s someone who looks like me and has been doing all that. But it’s not

I could tell that she didn’t fully believe me. I couldn’t exactly blame her since I wasn’t telling the full truth of what I knew.

someone who looks like you, why haven’t we seen her around during the day? Like, surely if you had a twin somewhere around, someone would

but only because I was holding every muscle in my body extremely tightly.

me. “Because Lilliana has talked to the guards

it’s too late.”

intention of clearing it up, though not necessarily in the way she thought.

going to track down my sister and find out just

stop before she hurt someone or

able to get so close to Elva still gave

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