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

I had little reason to mistrust

seemed fond of Elva. I believed him when he

that was

one knee

you, Elva. But I can vow to you that it

on, you have

just looked

“If you are ever scared, and your mom or Prince Nicholas aren’t around, you

me, okay? Do

my nod,

said, smile restored. He rose to his feet.

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t it,

since the day before, she still seemed nervous, especially

guards, Mark included.

on her. She saw them all as the one

her

would come to trust them

breakfast, the girls were loudly chatting about

before I had gone out there. The Queen, it seemed,

all of

made it onto television, thank goodness. However,

didn’t catch it, did not mean the

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