“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

seem convinced. “I tried

able to tell the difference between Jane and

there,” Mark said, and I

went to Elva’s bedside one last time, and brushed some hair away

rising and falling with each

princess,” I

Then I stepped away.

walked into the ballroom, I felt the weight of many pairs

Who

were talking about. I

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

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

walking toward me.

he stopped at my side, he asked

I

His whole body seemed wired

corner of

asked. “Why is everyone looking at me

was here,” Nicholas said. “She pretended

that had taken root in my stomach blossomed now, spreading

“What did she do?”

the benefactors

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