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

to tell who did which half.”

event,” I said. “We’re supposed

Luna is

not an adversary.

other girls all shunned me, except for Susie, who gave

sympathetic wave.

we had been, but

upon.

about Linda’s preferences, after having heard them drilled into

at least make a compatible half

names I could guesstimate were maybe correct, I rushed down to the kitchen

one of the King’s servants found me.

been summoned to stand in audience with

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

been ordered to chase me. I doubted I

deep down, rose my chin in defiance, and decided to face my inevitable end. I only hoped Nicholas could hear of

the winding hallways until we

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