Chapter 0410

That night, I left Elva with the nanny, and met with Nicholas, Julian, and Veronica in one of the sitting rooms.

“Why are we meeting here?” I asked as I entered the room. “Wouldn’t it be easier to meet near the royal family wing?”

“It would be, if that’s where Joyce was,” Julian said.

I blinked, surprised. Julian stuffed shook his head and stuffed his hands in his pockets. He didn’t seem likely to explain so I looked to Nicholas instead.

It was so nice to see Nicholas without his Bridget shadow. I wondered what he had to do to escape her for this long. But he didn’t say, and I didn’t ask. I wanted to enjoy him on his own for as long as I could, without bringing Bridget into it.

Plus, talking about her in front of Julian would hurt him.

“Joyce isn’t in his rooms,” Nicholas said, bringing me back to the matter at hand.

I pulled my brow together. “Then where is he?”

dungeons,”

It seemed so unheard of. Sure, that’s where they had put Terry, but he’d never been a true royal by blood. Only his relation to his sister kept him close

a prince, the son of

confusion. “He kept

cell is

what I was imagining, but… yeah, I was imagining something pretty bad. Dark and cold with water dripping down and a bucket for the bathroom. Dirt floors. A straw bed. Maybe chains connecting

said. He held out his arm for me, and I slid my arm through

same for Veronica, who seemed lost in thought. I wasn’t sure she was even listening to our previous conversation. Though from

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when they say the princes with us,

cameras.

the public wondering why

the barracks where the guards stayed. We went down two flights of stairs before we went through another checkpoint and then

I had imagined. No, this facility was entirely… modern. Cameras and clean concrete floors, and glass everywhere. The doors

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