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.

your room,”

but seemed too tired

could walk away, I pulled him into a quick

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quickly saluted as he turned and walked

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

shrugged. “There’s plenty of

“But…”

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

my heart all twisted up

hurt so much worse when I thought of my twin pressing her lips to Nichola s’s. I knew it wasn’t

still speared me through the heart. I wanted to be the one

first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier. How did you know

with

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

to meet out on the balcony,” I said. I worried my bottom lip with my teeth, unsure if I should reveal the next part. Though, in the

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

point to me, about how I’m too trusting. I put myself

“I can’t argue that…”

dig. “But then he accidentally locked me onto the

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

was growing

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I say something wrong?” I

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

gaze

slid to me.

eyelashes. “And you opened the door in the middle of the night and

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of his rising tension slipped away. “I

replied. “It was the same

“It was?”

“Yes.”

gaze slowly drifted down to my

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