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,”

tired to

could walk away, I pulled him into

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me a light squeeze in return, then sighed and let me go. He quickly saluted

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

“There’s plenty of

“But…”

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

a jumbled mess. I almost lost Nicholas tonight, which had my heart all twisted up inside. And when I thought of how Jane was able to fool Nicholas… When she

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

one Nicholas kissed, and all I had been

the silence first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier. How did you know I

been out with

messed up as it was, his jealousy healed a part of me. I didn’t want to be caught in this dark, ugly feeling all alone.

should reveal the next part. Though, in

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

how I’m too trusting. I put myself into dangerous situations without consideration for

“I can’t argue that…”

then he

Nicholas frowned deeper. “Accidentally?”

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

was growing

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I say something wrong?” I asked

think about.” His You thought that note was from me and foolishly

gaze

slid to me.

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

“)

some of his rising tension slipped away. “I wanted to see you so

too,” I replied. “It was

“It was?”

“Yes.”

drifted down to my mouth. Mine dropped

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