Chapter 0227

I nodded, just as Elva returned with her third doll.

Nicholas stayed to play until late in the morning, when his duties finally pulled him away. He hugged Elva

extra tightly before he left. He squeezed me too, though I pretended not to notice.

After lunch, Tiffany stopped me just outside in the hallway. She pulled me to the side so that we could

speak privately for a minute.

“What did you want to talk about?” I asked when we were far enough away from the door that the other

girls couldn’t overhear.

“Listen, Piper, Veronica and I have been noticing some strange behavior from you lately. It’s kind of

freaking everyone out.”

She seemed earnestly concerned, her brow bunched up.

this didn’t feel like that. Lilliana was a master

Tiffany to speak her

my hand on my heart, hoping she could see the sincerity I was trying to

have noticed you walking around alone in odd places of the palace at strange hours. Jessica said she

and out

accused of wandering around in the night, though usually I had Nicholas or Julian on my arm. It could even be said that I had been in odd places, since I’d been

person Jessica and the other girls had seen must have been my sister Jane.

“I swear that w

who looks like

that she didn’t fully believe me. I couldn’t exactly

why haven’t we seen her around during the day? Like, surely if you had a

I was holding every muscle

pointed at me. “Because Lilliana has talked to the guards and they’re all starting to keep an eye out for you.

it’s too

intention of clearing it up, though

track down my sister and find out just what she was up

before she hurt someone or

so close to Elva still gave me shudders. She could have done

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