Sylvia's POV:

I scoured through my phone and dialed Maya's number. Drawing a deep sigh, I explained that I was fine and ready to go back.

I could almost hear her relief over the phone, and she told me that she would be waiting for me at the gate of the palace.

I echoed the relief that Maya felt with a sigh, wiped the sweat on my forehead and hung up the phone.

A chuckle escaped Blair, who was standing next to me with his signature smirk. He walked away just when I parted my lips for a question, leaving me wondering what he found amusing.

My brows furrowed. It seemed to me that Blair was getting weirder as days passed by. The flower that was cultivated and nourished by Noreen's blood might lift the curse on him, but sometimes it also seemed to change him into an entirely different person.

We did not have to walk for long before the gate of the palace came into view, and I saw Maya running over from a long distance. As she neared us, she registered Blair's presence and granted him a surprised look.

him on the way," I

didn't say anything in response to my statement. Instead, she greeted Blair before winking at me and coupling it with a mysterious

we closed in on the palace, I could make out a rough estimation of a dozen maids waiting for our arrival. The second I set foot inside, they

than to crinkle up my face. Amidst the orchestrated chaos, I grabbed Maya and asked, "What are they doing? Is there a dinner party tonight?' Maya covered her mouth, but

to attend the banquet swamped me Probably because I was in the delicate stages of pregnancy, the maids didn't prepare high

style was too sweet-almost intimate, in fact, that I

ask Maya, but I knew my questions were meant to be unhatched as she faced me with a mysterious smile and repeated, "Miss Todd, you'll know,

emphasized so. One maid ironed the little ruffle on my dress, while the other made sure that everything was set before Maya hauled me out

that there was such a place in the royal palace. It was like

was a movie hall. As if to keep her acting in secrecy in tow, Maya hurriedly drew

movie first." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the

behaving-I didn't ask any more. I appeased my mind on the thought that Rufus must want to have

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