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,”

but seemed too tired to

away, I pulled him

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squeeze in return, then sighed and let me go. He quickly saluted as he turned and walked down the hallway, back

I asked Nicholas, “Where will you sleep

plenty of

“But…”

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

lost Nicholas tonight, which had my heart all twisted up inside. And when I thought of how

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

through the heart. I wanted to be the one

in his own thoughts, broke the silence first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier. How did you know I was missing so

out with

a part of me. I didn’t want to be caught in this dark,

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

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

I’m too trusting. I put

“I can’t argue that…”

he accidentally locked me

Nicholas frowned deeper. “Accidentally?”

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

s’s face was growing increasingly

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I say something wrong?”

He ran a hand down his face. “But there’s a lot to think about.” His You thought that note was from me

gaze

slid to me.

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

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hoped,” he said. He sighed and some of his rising tension slipped

hoped, too,” I replied. “It was the same

“It was?”

“Yes.”

slowly drifted down to my mouth.

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