Five minutes after that, I excused myself from the party when Mark called for me.

As I headed to the door, I nearly tripped over my feet, spotting Nicholas waiting there.

“Prince Nicholas,” I said. “What a surprise.”

“You wanted to go to the store?” he asked me

I glanced at Mark, but he just stared back brightly, like nothing was

“I surely can’t ask a prince to run errands with me,” I said.

wrong.

Nicholas shrugged like it was no big deal. “It would be good to get away for a while.” He turned away

before I could think to argue. I hurried to slip on my shoes, grab a light jacket, and chase after him into the

hallway.

He drove us away from the palace in one of the less flashy sedans. It was black with tinted windows.

“If Julian had any sense, he would use one of these to sneak out properly,” Nicholas said.

date. “Most of the time,

bad boy

pity that he drags you into it,”

a way of bringing me straight into

our outings, I was able to feel my wolf again, even if only

all bad,” I said.

just glared out the

to town.

fabric store, we had to pass through a portion of the

run–down cars,

Nicholas had started driving, but he clicked lock button

making

apologize,” Nicholas said. “A lady shouldn’t have to witness such an unseemly part of

doesn’t look all that different from

to glance at me. Then

would I joke about that? Or had that just

this. Over the past few years, there’s been

I’ve had to work two

a roof over

three jobs?” Nicholas repeated like he didn’t quite believe

I

didn’t find such a good person to

could ever thank her for. I’ll be indebted

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