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 mistrust

past, Nicholas seemed fond of Elva. I believed

was all I

one knee to talk

Elva. But

you have

reply, just looked

and your

me, okay? Do you

At my nod,

restored. He rose to his feet. “Are you

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t it,

since the day

guards, Mark included.

her. She saw them all

and pushed her

come to trust them again. At least, the

loudly chatting about the previous

had been banned from the gardens before I had gone out there. The Queen, it

of

of Elva’s endangerment made it onto television,

catch it, did not mean the other girls had

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