“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

to check his

“I tried to warn him

Nicholas would be able to

get down there,”

time, and brushed some hair away from her face. She

her chest steadily rising and

dreams, princess,”

Then I stepped away.

felt the weight

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

were talking about. I hadn’t changed.

me dark looks. Only Susie waved when our eyes locked, though she looked more worried

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

walking toward me.

he asked at once. “What was

dust,” I answered as

marginally. His whole body seemed wired with tension. A

corner of his

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

Nicholas said. “She pretended

had taken root in my stomach blossomed

“What did she do?”

of the

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