Chapter 0246

For too long, I watched Nicholas across the room, as he greeted a benefactor and then introduced

Olivia. As it wasn’t Lilliana’s turn with the benefactor, she had been asked to stand back. She glared at

Olivia behind Nicholas’s back.

Nicholas turned on the charisma for the elderly benefactor. Olivia, beside him, did the same. They looked like a matching pair, working together to charm the benefactor. With the way the benefactor

blushed and smiled, it was clearly working.

I didn’t want to hate Olivia. Compared to Linda and some of the others, she had never physically done me or Elva harm. But watching the way she kept touching Nicholas’s arm… Or how she smiled at him… Or

once, she winked….

My heart had emotions all its own that had little to do with logic or reason. My heart hated Olivia out of sheer jealousy. She had closeness to Nicholas now. She could smile and laugh and flirt, and might even

be successful.

I imagined Nicholas choosing Olivia as his Luna and my gut squeezed tight. She was a good choice.

She’d make a respectable Luna.

to marry Nicholas. I didn’t

Except me.

What a foolish notion. One I had to

me, but I would never be the one for Nicholas. I had to

on, for both our

Elva said, mumbling the words against my shoulder.

talk to yet. I really shouldn’t leave. But

again. Her exhaustion didn’t entirely seem

At the very least, I could have the

leave her in Mark’s care

one stopped me as I carried Elva out of the ballroom. The guards at the door didn’t even look at

twice.

with the candidates at the gala, and the

the gala was

to seeing the hallways so barren. Though typically, I would have Julian

I turned the corner, I nearly jumped out of my skin seeing another woman standing in a purple, shimmering gown at the end

the fabric that Jane had stolen from

woman turned toward me, exposing her face. My breath caught in

The woman was Jane.

stopped walking,

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