Chapter 205: That Look In His Eyes Chapter 205: That Look In His Eyes Panic clawed at her chest.
She had to fix this.
Now.
“I—I am not a maid!” she shouted, her voice rising shrilly.
“I am not a maid!
I am a princess!” A sharp scoff cut through the air.
“Then conduct yourself like one,” one of Carl’s guards spat, his voice dripping with disgust.
The humiliation doubled, suffocating her.
Her nails dug into her palms as her eyes darted around, looking for someone, anyone, to blame.
She couldn’t blame Carl.
That would be suicide.
She couldn’t blame the laughing crowd.
That would only make things worse.
So her eyes locked onto the one person standing silently beside Carl.
Nnenna.
Her rage boiled over.
“You!” Bora shrieked, pointing at her with trembling hands.
“It’s you!
You’re the one who made him say this!
You really are an adopted daughter, acting like some common gossip, whispering lies about people like a filthy street girl!” Gasps filled the air.
Bora didn’t care.
She had already lost everything, so she might as well drag Nnenna down with her.
Slap!
The sharp crack echoed through the silent courtyard.
Bora staggered, her cheek burning, eyes wide with shock.
The person who had struck her?
Her own elder sister.
Cha, the very one she had been trying to defend.
Bora’s mind reeled.
This had to be a mistake.
Why?
could form a word, Cha’s cold, unwavering voice cut through
“He is right.
exceptional princesses,
like a Dixan princess, Bora.” A cold
Shrew?
Her?
How?
unreasonable, she was
Defending their family’s honor!
her father, hoping, praying, to
what she saw
Approval.
Pride.
approved of Cha’s
Her world cracked.
but no
This was betrayal.
This was injustice.
sob rose in her throat as
No one stopped her.
one called
even her own
Not even Cha.
And worst of all?
a single soul pitied
turned back to Prince Carl, her expression poised, as
this is not how we train our princesses,” she said smoothly, dipping into a graceful
have already educated her and
inconvenience she may have caused you.” Her voice
Elegant.
the perfect
curtsy flawlessly, her posture straight, her
She was confident.
get his
looked at her in the
her grace, her worth as a
now he would But
didn’t even flicker in
about her
focus remained on Nnenna, his sharp eyes scanning her face as if
with that same casual, almost lazy tone, he
can always just go back and play some chess.” The words were lighthearted, but the way he
was speaking
To Nnenna.
saw your skills, and I’d
need to see if I can finally defeat you, you smart little
curtsy wavered for
The watching nobles froze.
princesses felt their hearts
And then Silence.
thick it could
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