Chapter 0326

“Okay,” I said. “Um, so how do we trap Jane?” I looked at Julian. He’s typically the master of schemes. I expected him to have a few up his sleeves.

Right now, however, he seemed a bit blank. He shook his head, as if to recover. “We just need to lure her in… if we could… prepare a closet to trap her…”

“A closet?” I ask.

“Something to…” He rubbed his forehead. “Something, confining.”

“She likely has back ways out of every room in the palace, closets included,” Nicholas said. It wouldn’t surprise me.”

“What if we jump out behind her and put a sack over her?” I asked.

Julian, Veronica, and Nicolas all looked at me.

I blinked. “What?”

Julian rubbed his temples next.

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It was only after a few moments that I realized the many, various flaws with the plan I announced so confidentially. A few moments more and I started to feel how achy my joints were and how heavy my eyelids were.

The adrenaline of the day was wearing off, and my body was worn.

“We should break for the night,” Veronica said. “You’ve all had an exhausting day. We should return to this with fresh minds.”

Julian, Nicholas, and I glanced at each other. In them, I could see the exhaustion that I felt. No doubt, they saw the same in me.

“That’s probably a good idea,” Julian said.

“I

agree,

“Nicholas replied.

“Yeah.” I was reluctant to admit it. I wanted to stay up, think of a plan, and resolve everything right away. But… shifting my gaze to Nicholas, and his healing but still battle- bruised body, I couldn’t deny some rest was in order.

Veronica bid us goodnight and we left the room.

walk you to your room,” Nicholas told

too tired

him into a

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me go. He quickly saluted as he

me then, and I

shrugged. “There’s plenty

“But…”

in case you need me.” He held out his arm, and

heart all twisted up inside.

I thought of my twin pressing her lips to Nichola s’s. I knew it wasn’t his fault. He had thought it was

the heart. I wanted to be the one Nicholas kissed, and all I had been doing

broke the silence first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier. How did you

with Julian so

it was, his jealousy healed a part of me. I didn’t want to be caught

with my teeth, unsure if I should reveal the next part. Though, in the end, I was too tired to reason myself

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

proving a point to me, about how I’m too trusting. I put myself into dangerous situations without

“I can’t argue that…”

that dig. “But then he accidentally

Nicholas frowned deeper. “Accidentally?”

couldn’t imagine it any other way. “I was trying to climb down a tree, when I slipped and landed on Julian. When

face was

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say something wrong?” I asked

lot to think about.” His You thought that note was from me and foolishly obeyed

gaze

slid to me.

up at him from under my eyelashes. “And you opened the door in the middle of the

“)

some of his rising tension slipped away. “I wanted to see you so

I replied. “It

“It was?”

“Yes.”

down to my mouth. Mine dropped to

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