“It doesn’t seem like this exhaustion is directly related to her illness,” the doctor told me. We stood a

few feet away from the bed where Elva rested, watching her. “She likely got so excited for tonight that she

simply wore herself out.”

“So she’ll be alright?” I asked.

The doctor nodded. “She just needs a good night’s rest. Let her sleep. In the morning, I’ll return and

check on her.”

“Thank you, Doctor.”

The doctor saw herself out. When she’d gone, Mark approached me.

“I can watch her,” he said. “I’ll stay inside the room. No one will get past me.”

I was worried about what Jane might have been getting up to at the gala in my absence.

Mark checked his phone. He frowned.

“Something wrong?” I asked. My heart began to race.

“Still no reply from Prince Nicholas,” Mark said. “I’m wondering if he received my messages.”

“Maybe he hasn’t checked,” I said. “When I last saw him, he was busy talking with the benefactors. It

be rude to check

convinced. “I tried to

No, surely Nicholas would be able to tell the difference between

better get down there,” Mark said, and I

one last time, and brushed some hair away from her face.

chest steadily rising and falling with each

princess,”

Then I stepped away.

the ballroom, I felt the weight of many pairs of eyes all

whispered to someone else. “She changed again. Who does she think she is? None

about. I hadn’t

Veronica were casting me dark looks. Only Susie waved when our eyes locked, though she looked more worried than pleased to see

for Jane, and then for Nicholas. Jane, I didn’t see. Nicholas

walking toward me.

asked at once. “What was today’s

dust,” I answered as

body seemed wired with tension. A muscle

corner of his

everyone looking at me like they want to push me off a

pretended

fear that had taken root in my stomach blossomed now, spreading throughout the

“What did she do?”

purposefully insulted many of the

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