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

the dancing instructor, all of the girls rested in the

towels from the servants.

the First Ball. The princes would each take a turn dancing with all the ladies. However, the

of the girls bemoaned the randomness. “I

that things would pull

Nicholas invited me to sit next to him at the banquet,” Kirsten said. “I wouldn’t

be

eyes. “Nothing is ever

ignore

lifted her and twirled her through the air. She giggled in delight. The sound soothed me like a

there be candies at the ball?” Elva

have all kinds of deserts.

pretty dresses? Elva

will be the prettiest

Susie said from beside us.

princess to attract the

kind of dress do you think they’d prefer?” asked

the First Ball was ‘Blessings of the Moon

interpretation.

the classic look of the Moon Goddess. They’d wear

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