Chapter 0036

Her fury, which I had caused to heighten for a moment, quickly smoothed out again. Her grin returned,

wide and sharp.

“I should have known you were the one who made that sad little gift. It was so simple, so… fashion-

backwards. I had been ready to apologize for its very existence, before the prince made his small mix up.”

Nhad spent hours crafting that wrist guard for the prince. I had purposefully made the design simplistic, knowing Nicholas would prefer it that way. Flashy clothes were never his style.

That Kirsten didn’t know that only showed how little she understood the prince she chased.

“If you wanted him to know it was from you, you should have given it to him directly,” Kirsten said. “That

you didn’t only shows that you knew he would reject it. Just like he’ll reject you, very soon.”

“You shouldn’t have taken credit –”

“It’s too late, Piper. No one will ever believe you made it. Not now. Not against my word. Although…” She

tapped her finger to her chin and looked at Lena. “I think I know a fitting punishment.”

“Oh?” Lena lifted a brow.

for Prince Nicholas, Kirsten said. “Gifts that I would then

Only one gift might arise suspicion eventually. But many gifts would surely lead

graces.”

on me. “And then I will be Luna.” She laughed. “Maybe I’ll keep

in the dungeons.

sounded from behind me, in the

shifted. She lost her

continued to hold me, but their

vicious eyes searing into mine. “Then I can

doing

knew that

wide. She straightened. “Your

watched Nicholas push through the trees and come to stand

indifference as he took in

hands on me, to

his eyes gave away his inner fury, gold

Nicholas’s hand. She pointed at one of the guard. “Let go of

meanie!”

The

the girl, then looked up at Nicholas, who was watching him

Nicholas asked. “You heard

guards‘ hands fell away from me. They’d held me roughly for some time now, so I

when they released me so

in danger of falling. I

between us in

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