Chapter 0272

“It’s fine,” I said. “I got away before anything truly bad happened.” At his insistence, I then proceeded to explain exactly what Terry had done.

“He tried to touch you,” Nicholas growled. “He did touch you.”

“I left before anything could happen. I got myself out of that situation.”

After cleaning his wounds, I wrapped his hand in a sanitized white bandage. He held himself very still for me, though I could feel the tension buzzing under his skin.

The moment I fastened the bandage, securing it, he pulled me against his chest and wrapped his arms around me.

“I should have been there,” he said. “I’m sorry.”

“You can’t be there every minute. Besides he was so subtle about it, even Julian didn’t notice.”

Nicholas hummed, a deep rumble I felt in his chest against my ear.

that was not the most tactful move. My standing is sure to

said. “That is the most important thing.”

maybe it was. But I wasn’t as sure about myself. Elva needed the medicine and treatment only the palace could provide. Any loss of standing, any risk of being

let it help build my courage. I would protect Elva. I would do anything for her.

not

said. “We can’t

he breathed me in for a long moment. Then, reluctantly,

very near my

table, I noticed that Julian had moved

asked, eyes alight with mischief. “This makes it so

“Of course not,

to Julian’s old seat, which

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then pushed me in as I sat. When I was comfortable, he lowered himself in the

at both of us.

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