Chapter 0272

“It’s fine,” I said. “I got away before anything truly bad happened.” At his insistence, I then proceeded to explain exactly what Terry had done.

“He tried to touch you,” Nicholas growled. “He did touch you.”

“I left before anything could happen. I got myself out of that situation.”

After cleaning his wounds, I wrapped his hand in a sanitized white bandage. He held himself very still for me, though I could feel the tension buzzing under his skin.

The moment I fastened the bandage, securing it, he pulled me against his chest and wrapped his arms around me.

“I should have been there,” he said. “I’m sorry.”

“You can’t be there every minute. Besides he was so subtle about it, even Julian didn’t notice.”

a deep rumble I felt in his chest

I said. “Stepping out like that was not the most tactful move.

protected yourself,” Nicholas said. “That is the

as sure about myself. Elva needed the medicine and treatment only the palace could provide. Any loss of standing, any risk of being removed, was a danger

of his worry for me, and let it help build my courage. I would protect Elva. I would do anything for

not

“We can’t risk looking too suspicious.”

face down into my neck, where he breathed me in for a long moment. Then, reluctantly, he released me.

room, he stayed very near my side, not touching but never

table, I noticed that

mind, do you, Piper?” Julian asked, eyes alight with mischief. “This makes it

“Of course not,

moved to Julian’s old seat, which now placed me across the table

my chair for me, then pushed me in as I sat. When I was comfortable, he

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