“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

rude to check his phone at that

“I tried to warn him about

Nicholas would be able to tell the

there,” Mark said, and

one last time, and brushed some

steadily rising and falling with each

princess,”

Then I stepped away.

I felt the weight of many pairs of eyes all pressing down

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

idea what they were talking about. I hadn’t changed.

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

then

walking toward me.

at my side, he asked at once. “What

dust,” I answered as

relaxed only marginally. His whole body seemed wired with tension. A

of

going on?” I asked. “Why is everyone looking at me like they want to push me

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

stomach

“What did she do?”

purposefully insulted many of the benefactors while pretending

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