Holding Elva, I walked further into my assigned room, bringing the man into focus.

It wasn’t Nicholas, but his brother.

“Julian.”

I knew Julian from my days at the Royal Academy, though we hadn’t been friends. Since Julian and

Nicholas were arch–enemies, and I was Nicholas’s girlfriend, I avoided interacted with Julian as much as I

could.

He quirked his lips into a playful smile. “You know, these days I go by, ‘Your Royal Highness.”

I swallowed hard, realizing my mistake.

I had to be careful here. Any perceived slight against the princes could cost me my life. But it was so difficult to reimagine the boys I knew at the Academy into the princes they presented themselves as now.

Nicholas and Julian were brothers, too. I never would have guessed.

I guessed Nicholas had plenty of his own secrets. Funny, back then, I had thought I was the only one with something to hide.

I’m teasing.” Julian clarified.

breath I hadn’t realized I’d been

a long time, Piper,” Julian said, approaching

so many questions, I was dizzy with them. But I had no

squirmed in my

to the ground. “I packed some of your toys,

distrustful look at Jullan. When Jullan waved

over to her suitcase and found her

a moment, before

“My brother #77

Even watching

carried an enigmatic presence – always smirking, but never

knew.

type of person I would seek out for answers. But since he was here and

he

the many questions I wanted to ask, the most pressing was, “Why am I

how you charmed your way through the initial selection, but

it cannot be so easily undone. Not without great embarrassment to

BOW

The royal family had used their magic to select the initial list

admit a mistake would be to admit themselves fallible. This would only

already divisive reputation.

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