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 against my ear.

the most tactful move.

protected yourself,” Nicholas said. “That is the most

treatment only the palace could provide. Any loss of

comfort of his worry for me, and let it help build my courage. I would protect Elva. I would do anything for her. But I didn’t need to sacrifice myself to

not yet.

should get back,” I said. “We can’t risk looking too suspicious.”

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

very near my side, not touching but never more than

I noticed that Julian had moved into my

with mischief.

“Of course not,

seat, which now placed

sat. When I was comfortable,

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