“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 his phone at

seem convinced. “I tried to

think…?” No, surely Nicholas would be able to tell the difference between Jane and

better get down there,” Mark said, and I

and brushed some hair away from her face. She

rising and falling with

princess,”

Then I stepped away.

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

the candidates hear me whispered to someone else. “She changed again. Who does she think

no idea what they were talking about. I

the 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

looked over the ballroom first for Jane, and then for Nicholas. Jane,

walking toward me.

he asked at

dust,” I

whole body seemed wired with

of his

asked. “Why is everyone looking at me like they want to push me off a

“She pretended to be you. She… caused a

had taken root in my stomach blossomed now, spreading throughout the rest of

“What did she do?”

of the

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