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

frowned but seemed too tired

him into a quick hug. “Thank

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

occurred to me then, and I asked Nicholas, “Where will you sleep

shrugged. “There’s plenty of spare

“But…”

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

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

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

still speared me through the heart. I wanted to be the one Nicholas kissed, and

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

been out with Julian

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

the next part. Though, in the end, I was too

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

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

“I can’t argue that…”

“But then he

Nicholas frowned deeper. “Accidentally?”

“I was trying to climb down a tree, when I slipped and landed on Julian. When I told him

was

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something wrong?” I

there’s a lot to think about.” His You thought that note was from me and foolishly

gaze

slid to me.

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

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said. He sighed and some of his rising tension slipped away.

hoped, too,” I replied. “It

“It was?”

“Yes.”

to my mouth. Mine dropped

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