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.

you to your room,” Nicholas told

but seemed too tired to

I pulled him into a quick hug. “Thank you,

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squeeze in return, then sighed and let me go. He quickly saluted as he turned

me then, and I asked Nicholas, “Where will you

shrugged. “There’s plenty

“But…”

know which one, in case you need me.” He held out his arm, and I slipped

quiet, my thoughts were a jumbled mess. I almost lost Nicholas tonight, which had my heart all twisted up inside. And

lips to Nichola s’s. I knew it wasn’t his fault. He had

be the one Nicholas kissed, and all I had been

the silence first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier. How did you know I was missing so quickly?” His voice lowered. “And why

with

to be

should reveal the next part. Though, in the end, I

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

too trusting. I put myself into dangerous situations

“I can’t argue that…”

ignored that dig. “But then he accidentally locked me

Nicholas frowned deeper. “Accidentally?”

down a tree, when I slipped and

was growing

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something

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

gaze

slid to me.

you opened the door in the middle of the night and assumed

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and some of his rising tension

I replied. “It was the same for

“It was?”

“Yes.”

drifted down to my mouth. Mine dropped to his much

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