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?”

the dungeons,” Julian

of the royal family locked in the dungeons? It seemed so unheard of. Sure, that’s where they had

was a prince, the son

must have seen my confusion. “He kept

worry,” Julian said. “His cell is

yeah, I was imagining something pretty bad. Dark and cold with water dripping

his arm for me, and

our previous conversation. Though from her plainer-than- usual clothes, it was likely she had already guessed

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We couldn’t sneak past the guards stationed at the dungeons, but when they say the princes with us, they waved us through. No, when we had

cameras.

wondering why two princes and two candidates were descending

We went down two flights of stairs before we went through another checkpoint and

everywhere. The doors were metal, but there were no bars. Guards patrolled the hallways. Others were stationed in watch rooms with monitors that viewed every corner of

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