I wanted to storm over there and demand Kirsten apologize for accepting thanks for a gift she hadn’t

given. But I couldn’t do so without revealing to Nicholas that I was the one who had given it. If Nicholas

knew the truth, he’d assume the worst.

He’d think the gift was disingenuous, and that I was just chasing after his crown.

I didn’t want nobility. I didn’t want to be his wife, or girlfriend, or whatever else.

I

I only wanted medical care for Elva. So I kept my mouth firmly shut.

Julian plucked my dropped bow off the ground and handed it to me. “Something on your mind, Piper?”

His knowing smirk returned tenfold.

I wasn’t in the mood for his games anymore.

my room.

I turned in my bow and went back to my

all of the girls rested in the parlor,

towels from the servants.

each

the randomness. “I never have

that things

me to sit next to him at the banquet,” Kirsten said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he pulled a

supposed to be

her eyes. “Nothing is ever

to ignore her, still

twirled her through the air.

at the ball?” Elva asked, when I’d stopped

of deserts. Candles

pretty dresses?

nodded. “So many. And yours will be the prettiest

princess,” Susie said from beside

look like princess to attract the attention of the

you think they’d prefer?”

Ball was ‘Blessings of the Moon Goddess.” What

interpretation.

of the girls seemed to be leaning toward the classic look of the

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