“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

check

Mark didn’t seem convinced. “I

would be able to tell

there,” Mark

time, and brushed some hair away from her face.

rising

dreams, princess,”

Then I stepped away.

into the ballroom, I felt the weight of many

me whispered to someone else. “She changed again. Who does

had no idea what they were talking about. I hadn’t changed.

were casting me dark looks. Only Susie

looked over the ballroom first for Jane, and then for Nicholas. Jane, I didn’t

walking toward me.

my side, he asked at

dust,” I answered

exhaled, but relaxed only marginally. His whole body seemed wired

corner of

“Why is everyone looking at me like

“She pretended to

root in my stomach blossomed now, spreading throughout the

“What did she do?”

purposefully insulted many of the benefactors while

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