Chapter 0036

Her fury, which I had caused to heighten for a moment, quickly smoothed out again. Her grin returned,

wide and sharp.

“I should have known you were the one who made that sad little gift. It was so simple, so… fashion-

backwards. I had been ready to apologize for its very existence, before the prince made his small mix up.”

Nhad spent hours crafting that wrist guard for the prince. I had purposefully made the design simplistic, knowing Nicholas would prefer it that way. Flashy clothes were never his style.

That Kirsten didn’t know that only showed how little she understood the prince she chased.

“If you wanted him to know it was from you, you should have given it to him directly,” Kirsten said. “That

you didn’t only shows that you knew he would reject it. Just like he’ll reject you, very soon.”

“You shouldn’t have taken credit –”

“It’s too late, Piper. No one will ever believe you made it. Not now. Not against my word. Although…” She

tapped her finger to her chin and looked at Lena. “I think I know a fitting punishment.”

“Oh?” Lena lifted a brow.

Kirsten said. “Gifts that I would then

gift might arise suspicion eventually. But many gifts would surely lead

graces.”

me. “And then I will be

in the dungeons. My

from behind me, in

shifted. She lost her spiteful arrogance and become

to hold me, but

eyes searing into mine. “Then I can get

will be doing no

that

She straightened. “Your

Nicholas push through the trees and come to

indifference as he took in the scene before him, looking from the

me, to Kirsten, to Lena

eyes gave away his inner fury,

pointed at one of

meanie!”

The

up at Nicholas, who was

Nicholas asked. “You heard

hands fell away from me. They’d held me roughly

released me

truly in danger of falling. I just needed to readjust

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