Chapter 0238

After thanking Tiffany, I excused myself from lunch and ushered Elva back to the safety of our room. I

kept my eyes peeled for any sight of my twin in the hallways, but I saw no sight of her myself. Yet I had no

reason to doubt Tiffany.

When we were back in the room, I called Mark to the side. “I need to meet with Prince Nicholas and

Prince Julian at once. We have to make sure the tunnel is secure.”

Mark’s face immediately grew grim. He had his phone in his hands an instant later, texting. To me, he

asked, “Has something happened?”

“I don’t know yet,” I admitted.

With the princes‘ busy schedules, we couldn’t meet until the evening. I was a nervous wreck all

afternoon.

When it finally came time, I met Julian and Nicholas down in the cellar. Mark and the nanny watched

Elva back in our room.

I stared at where once had been the tunnel opening. Now, there was only a brick wall. It was recently

hadn’t been clearly tampered with. Julian lightly ran his fingers around

on the bricks, checking

“It’s solid,” he said.

there’s another way in.” I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort, but

me. He didn’t touch me,

warmed more than I could have

this seemed to be the only passage that led off

hand over his mouth.

where she’s hiding, but she could just as easily move when we

and how she had seemed to vanish when

cornered her.

shrugged. “Unfortunately, all it would take is for Terry

long as she wants. If she

more easily pass through security than other guests.

would have to do was lie down on the floor of the backseat as the security gate waved Terry’s

through.

to happen, that

My chills returned tenfold, and

muscle ticked in Nicholas’s jaw. “He’s one of the benefactors for

close ties to the royal family. Why wouldn’t he be

was a benefactor, I would have no choice. I was obligated to speak to each of them, to give them my pitch and to convince them

“There’s nothing else

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