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

frowned but seemed too tired

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

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

and I asked Nicholas, “Where will you sleep

“There’s plenty

“But…”

case you need me.” He held out his arm, and I slipped mine through his.

my heart all twisted up inside. And when I thought of

so much worse when I thought of my twin pressing her lips to Nichola

to be the one Nicholas kissed,

who had seemingly been lost in his own thoughts, broke the silence first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier.

out with Julian

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 end, I was too tired to reason myself why I should keep it a secret. “I

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

how I’m too trusting. I put

“I can’t argue that…”

that dig. “But then he accidentally

Nicholas frowned deeper. “Accidentally?”

slipped and landed on Julian. When I told him what happened, he said we should check

was growing

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say something wrong?” I

He ran a hand down his face. “But there’s a lot to think about.” His

gaze

slid to me.

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

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sighed and some of his rising tension

I replied. “It was the

“It was?”

“Yes.”

slowly drifted down to my mouth. Mine

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