The next morning. when I woke up, I headed straight for the window to look at the sky. Fortunately, there

was no cloud in sight. Today, it seemed, I would escape my punishment.

One of these days, however, my luck would run out and I would be forced to kneel in the storm and hope

my body was strong enough to take it.

Elva and I dressed for the day, and hand in hand, we exited our room to head down to breakfast. Just

outside of the room, we were greeted by Mark.

“Piper, Elva.” He turned toward the two guards standing behind him. “From now on, these two will be

personally assigned to you.”

Their uniforms were more or less similar to other guards I’d seen, except these ones had green trim

around their cuffs.

“They are a part of Prince Nicholas’s personal guard,” Mark explained. “You will also find that others on

this floor have been replaced, though these two will be outside your door at all times if you need them.”

The two gave me soft nods. They seemed nice enough, much nicer than my previous guards. And if they

personally vetted by Nicholas, then I had little reason to

Elva. I believed him when he said

Really, that was all

dropped to one knee to talk to

the things that happened to you, Elva. But I can vow to

you have

didn’t reply, just looked at him

ever scared, and your

Do

At my nod, she

said, smile restored. He rose to his feet. “Are you

cort your

be sick,

lot since the day before, she still seemed nervous, especially

guards, Mark included.

in their outfits were lost on her. She saw

and pushed her out of

to trust them again. At least,

girls were loudly chatting

the gardens before I

all of her punishing in

meant that none of Elva’s endangerment made it

not mean the other girls had

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