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.

to your room,”

seemed too tired to argue.

pulled him into a quick hug. “Thank

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and let me go. He quickly saluted as he turned and walked

occurred to me then, and I asked Nicholas, “Where

“There’s plenty

“But…”

his arm, and I slipped

I almost lost Nicholas tonight, which had my heart all

pressing her lips to

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

his own thoughts, broke the silence first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier. How did you know I was missing so quickly?” His

been out with

to be caught in this dark, ugly feeling all alone. That he was there

I should reveal the next part. Though, in the end, I was too tired to

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

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

“I can’t argue that…”

ignored that dig. “But then he accidentally locked me onto

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 I told him what

s’s face was

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say something wrong?” I asked

there’s a lot to think about.” His You thought that note

gaze

slid to me.

him from under my eyelashes. “And you opened the door in the middle of the night and assumed it

“)

of his rising tension slipped

“It

“It was?”

“Yes.”

gaze slowly drifted down to my mouth. Mine

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