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

by Nicholas, then I had little

past, Nicholas seemed fond of Elva. I believed him when he said

was all I

to one knee to talk to

Elva. But

you have

didn’t reply, just looked at him

ever scared, and your mom or Prince Nicholas aren’t around,

okay? Do you know

to look up at me. At my nod,

his feet. “Are you

cort your

sick, wouldn’t

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

guards, Mark included.

subtler differences in their outfits were lost on her.

pushed her out of a

to trust them again. At least,

the girls were loudly chatting about

from the gardens before I

of her punishing in

endangerment made

did not mean the other

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