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

lesson with the dancing instructor, all of the

towels from the servants.

Ball. The princes would each take a turn dancing with

the randomness. “I never have any

like Kirsten, seemed confident that things would pull in

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

be random,”

rolled her eyes.

my best to ignore her,

I focused on Elva instead. I lifted her and twirled her through the air. She

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

have all kinds of deserts. Candles and cakes. And the

pretty dresses? Elva

the prettiest of all.” I

princess,” Susie said from beside us.

to look like princess to attract the attention of the princes,”

kind of dress do you think

for the First Ball was ‘Blessings of the Moon

interpretation.

of the Moon Goddess. They’d wear dresses in shiny

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