I took another step. “I don’t want anyone to get in trouble.”

Mark’s eyes went wide again. He looked to Nicholas.

Nicholas’s jaw was clenched, a hard line. He stared at me like he wanted me to take back my words.

When I didn’t, he said, “No one will get in trouble.”

“Thank you,” I said.

He seemed even more annoyed by my thanks, eyes hard.

Mark quickly excused himself.

Nicholas also backed to the door. “If there is anything else you need…”

“Wait,” I said. I glanced over my shoulder, at Elva’s legs kicking out from the comforter.

Nicholas followed the length of my gaze but didn’t otherwise move an inch.

I approached him. Voice soft, I said, “Elva has a few health issues. Lately, she’s been suffering from

recurrent pneumonia..

seem like acquiring a doctor for Elva would be a simple

expression, I felt nervousness bubble within

a doctor

His reply came with no

differences, he was

three years,

Thank you,” I said.

then left

Jon. It had been a

king–sized bed. She stirred some while Blowered her

of the bed and watched her for

get a regular doctor to check her

didn’t have a chance at actually winning the selection. If the royal family only wanted me here for good publicity, was there really any harm

generosity?

a

from Elva’s face, I remembered that I hadn’t told Nicholas or Mark about Elva’s many allergies. I needed to let them know,

room and stuck my

One sounded like Nicholas, though I couldn’t tell what

the sound of his voice to a servant’s room at the end of the hallway.

can’t ask me to cater to the whims of a

as Lena, the

voice sharp with anger, “Now we are allowing illegitimate children,

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