Chapter 0009

Holding Elva, I walked further into my assigned room, bringing the man into focus.

It wasn’t Nicholas, but his brother.

“Julian.”

I knew Julian from my days at the Royal Academy, though we hadn’t been friends. Since Julian and

Nicholas were arch–enemies, and I was Nicholas’s girlfriend, I avoided interacted with Julian as much as I

could.

He quirked his lips into a playful smile. “You know, these days I go by, ‘Your Royal Highness.”

I swallowed hard, realizing my mistake.

I had to be careful here. Any perceived slight against the princes could cost me my life. But it was so difficult to reimagine the boys I knew at the Academy into the princes they presented themselves as now.

Nicholas and Julian were brothers, too. I never would have guessed.

I guessed Nicholas had plenty of his own secrets. Funny, back then, I had thought I was the only one with something to hide.

I’m teasing.” Julian clarified.

breath I

long time, Piper,” Julian said, approaching me. “You must have

with them. But I had no idea

squirmed in

packed some of your toys, honey. Why don’t you play for

7 Elva cast a distrustful look at Jullan. When Jullan waved

over to her suitcase and found

moment,

“My brother #77

watching him, I

always carried an enigmatic presence – always smirking, but never

knew.

the type of person I would seek out for

me, he was my

I wanted to ask, the most pressing was, “Why am I allowed

“I’m not sure how you charmed your way through the initial selection,

undone. Not without

BOW

family had used their magic to select the initial list

to admit themselves

already divisive reputation.

so, surely they could have made

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