I forced myself to my feet. The tailor, after making sure I was upright and unharmed, immediately rushed from the room to retrieve a towel and a servant to clean the mess.

My soggy notes were beginning to fall apart in my hands, to wet to even maintain their paper shape.

“Linda,” I said, going to her.

She scrunched her nose as I came close, as if the very sight of me disgusted her. I was disheveled now, true, with my gown damp in some places and my hair a mess. But even so…

“Can I have those names again?” I asked. I knew she had written them down same as me.

She quickly hid her notepad from my sight. “If you lost those names, then this is on you, Piper. You need

to learn to take responsibility.” She narrowed her eyes. “We wouldn’t want anyone to think you had unfair

advantage.”

“It’s not like that,” I said.

She continued on, like I hadn’t said anything. “At least half of our table will look good, and the royal

tell who

the event,” I said. “We’re supposed to work together. Adversaries

Luna is

are a hindrance, not an adversary.

out the door. The other girls all shunned

sympathetic wave.

the place where we had been, but we’d

upon. I tried to remember

least, I could guess about Linda’s preferences, after having heard them drilled into my head

could at least make a compatible half of the table, even if

down the fabric and color names I could guesstimate were maybe correct, I rushed down to the kitchen to look through

when one of the King’s servants found me.

to stand in audience with the king.” the servant said.

thickly. It wasn’t the servant’s fault that

me. I doubted I would get

to face my inevitable end. I only hoped Nicholas

the kitchen and around the winding hallways until we entered

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