“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

didn’t seem convinced. “I tried to warn him about

be able to tell the difference between Jane

get down there,” Mark said, and I

brushed some hair away from her

rising and

princess,” I

Then I stepped away.

I felt the weight of many pairs of eyes

else. “She changed again. Who does she think she is?

they were talking about. I hadn’t changed. This was still my

glaring at me. Even Tiffany and Veronica were casting me dark looks. Only

then for Nicholas. Jane, I didn’t

walking toward me.

stopped at my side, he asked at once. “What was

dust,” I

whole body seemed wired with

of

everyone looking at

“She pretended

taken root in my stomach blossomed

“What did she do?”

insulted many of the benefactors while

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