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

a clatter. “Don’t you dare bring such vulgarities to my breakfast

out a breath. To me, he said, “That

speak for themselves. And I saw for myself when I burst

you caught them in the act, she had to pretend

under my hands began to splinter. “That

said.

said

gaze back to

know that I need more than this

all he has done,” I said. “This is only the

“Oh?”

jacket pocket and produced the letter from Hawk to Terry. I passed it to

father opened the letter and

does it say?” the

finished reading it, he passed it to

panicked voice, she said, “This has

many excuses can you make for him?” the King asked her. “You

“But – ”

the underground organization, with limited to no results. Terry’s involvement could be the very reason we’ve never been able to get the upper

fell silent. Defiance shown on her face, but deep within her eyes was a

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

entered my bedroom,

myself everything was fine, Nicholas won a very important and busy man. But the

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