Chapter 0289

“Don’t worry,” Mark told me. “I will not leave this room. Elva will not leave my sight.”

I nodded. That did make me feel marginally better.

We’d received word earlier in the day that Terry himself was coming to the palace to personally deliver the results of his event. Since then, we’d mostly barricaded ourselves inside of the bedroom.

However, I was required to attend this meeting, which was to be treated as an official event, broadcasted live across the kingdom.

I wasn’t looking forward to seeing Terry again, by any stretch. But at least, with Mark’s promise to protect Elva, I didn’t have to worry about her.

I hugged Elva goodbye.

“Good luck, Mommy!” she said brightly. Thank G od I had protected her from the worst of the trauma I had experienced from Terry’s hands. I would rip the whole world apart before I ever let Terry enter within a hundred feet of my daughter.

“Be good, Elva. Listen to Mark and the nanny.”

“I will.”

I released Elva and stood. Then I walked to

asked, as I stepped into the

ever

anything happen to you,” Nicholas said, determination making his

sure you

wait. Your safety

his and together, we

the ballroom, the other candidates were

Terry wasn’t there yet.

when we entered. “Have you seen him

I shook my head.

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was in the same building, but my nerves

the event began. It felt more informal, compared to the rest. The candidates were in our nice gowns, with our hair and makeup done in the modern fashion. But there were no other guests,

them, Terry among

I saw Terry, my stomach

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