“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 tried to warn him

able

down there,” Mark said,

and brushed some hair away

her chest steadily rising and falling with each

princess,”

Then I stepped away.

I walked into the ballroom, I felt the weight of

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

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

candidates were glaring at me. Even Tiffany and Veronica were casting me dark looks. Only Susie waved when our eyes locked, though she looked more worried than pleased

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

walking toward me.

side, he asked at once. “What was

I

whole body seemed wired with

corner of

everyone looking at me

said. “She pretended to be you. She… caused

stomach blossomed now, spreading throughout the rest

“What did she do?”

many of the benefactors while pretending to

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