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…”

just advances,” I said, my voice lowering despite my best efforts. “Terry tried to

“Don’t you dare

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

wrists and ankles speak for themselves. And I

you caught them in the act, she had to pretend otherwise, lest she be accused

hands began to splinter. “That is not

the Luna said.

said again,

gaze back to

said to me. “You must know that I need more than this to accuse my wife’s most

I said.

“Oh?”

Hawk to Terry. I passed it to him. My mother looked up from her breakfast again to

opened the letter and read through it. His gaze

say?” the Luna

passed it to

said,

King asked her. “You are letting your love for him blind you,

“But – ”

have been trying for years to bring down the underground organization, with limited to no results. Terry’s involvement could be the very reason we’ve never been able

her eyes was a touch of heartbreak. To herself, in

to investigate the matter, I rushed out of his rooms

I entered my bedroom,

the feeling, melting myself everything was fine, Nicholas won

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