Chapter 0279

The King and Queen were sitting at their table, eating breakfast.

“Nicholas?” the King said when he saw me. “You look like hell.”

“I have reason.” I walked to him and showed him the footage on my phone.

The King watched it all with a furrow in his brow.

“Terry’s behavior last night was beyond inappropriate,” I said. “He made Piper, Susie, and many of the other girls uncomfortable.”

My mother scoffed. “He’s always been a flirt, Nicholas. You know that. I’m sure those girls are being oversensitive.”

“He tried to feel up Piper under the table,” I said, trying to keep my voice steady and calm. Losing my temper never worked with my parents.

“And you have footage of that?” the Luna asked.

No, I didn’t. None of the camera angles caught Terry’s movements under the table. I grit my teeth, holding in my anger.

“Piper said ”

“And we accept the word of a commoner over that of nobility?” the Luna asked.

I gripped the back of the chair I stood behind. Anything to keep me from throwing something across the room.

“There is merit to her concerns,” I said, gesturing to my cell phone still in the King’s hands. ” The footage shows – ”

“Piper is too sensitive. And this other girl, Susie, was it?” The Luna cut into her breakfast so hard her knife scraped across the plate. “She’s that quiet one, right? I imagine she’s much the same. A Luna would have to be able to reject men’s advances without becoming offended…”

wasn’t just advances,” I said, my voice lowering despite my

a clatter. “Don’t you dare

the King said to her and she huffed out a breath. To me, he said, “That is quite

marring Piper’s wrists and ankles speak for themselves. And I saw for myself when I burst

in the act, she had to pretend otherwise, lest she be accused of breaking the

wood of the chair under my hands began to

uncle,” the Luna said. “You are conspiring with that

King said again, more

gaze back to

“You must know that I

has done,” I said. “This is

“Oh?”

from Hawk to Terry. I passed it to him.

and read through it. His

it say?” the

reading it, he passed it

voice, she said, “This has to

make for him?” the King asked her. “You

“But – ”

organization, with limited to no results. Terry’s

but deep within her eyes was a touch of heartbreak. To herself, in a whisper,

the matter, I rushed out of his rooms to return to my own. I couldn’t wait to tell Piper

my bedroom, Piper

bol nowhere wight, & Ball rejected adamanty Sought against the feeling, melting myself everything was fine, Nicholas

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