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.

“Most of the time, he wants to be seen. He

bad boy

pity that he drags you into

was true, Julian had a way of bringing me straight into trouble, but I was also

Because of him and our outings, I was able to feel my wolf again, even

be all bad,” I

just glared out the

to town.

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

run–down cars,

doors had locked automatically when Nicholas had

making sure.

to witness such an unseemly

different from what I’m used to,” I said.

at me. Then

had that

Nicholas, much of your kingdom looks like this. Over

I’ve had to work two or three jobs sometimes

roof over Elva’s head.”

Nicholas repeated like he didn’t quite

I

off if I didn’t find such a good person to

more than I could ever thank her for. I’ll be indebted to her the rest of

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