Mundo de ficçãoIniciar sessão
Capítulos relacionados
Chapter 222
At the banquet that night, I sat beside Julian same as always, but other than the most basic of greetings, we had not spoken to each other. “Hello, Piper.” “Hello, Prince Julian.” Fortunately, Veronica and Tiffany seemed fine with talking with Julian in my stead, and Julian himself made no att
Chapter 223
“I can see you worrying,” Julian whispered to me. “You shouldn’t. You’d be stunning in anything.” A light blush filled my cheeks. I glanced away, embarrassed. Farther down the table, Nicholas watched us, his mouth pressed into a hard line. After the banquet, Julian led me to Nicholas’s rooms,
Chapter 224
We made it five steps out into the hallway before Nicholas started asking questions. “Did something happen?” he asked. I didn’t want to lie to him, so I shrugged. “Nothing big.” “Nothing big is still something.” With my hand on his arm, Nicholas dictated how fast and slow we walked. He slowe
Chapter 225
I couldn’t remember now. I could only think of Nicholas and his hot mouth and the feel of his fingers running up and down my spine. He stilled one hand near the back of my neck and cupped the top of my spine in a traditionally possessive gesture. A thrill shot through my body. I wanted his mouth w
Chapter 226
A guard was seated in a chair just inside my bedroom door. He looked nervous, his eyes darting all around. Behind him, Mark was standing tall, arms crossed. His features were stern. In front of him, Nicholas was pacing like a caged animal. “Let’s go over this again,” Nicholas said. “In the middle
Chapter 227
I nodded, just as Elva returned with her third doll. Nicholas stayed to play until late in the morning, when his duties finally pulled him away. He hugged Elva extra tightly before he left. He squeezed me too, though I pretended not to notice. After lunch, Tiffany stopped me just outside in the
Chapter 228
That night, Julian came to escort me down to the cellars so that we could explore the tunnel again. He waited to speak until we were clear of the other candidate’s rooms, but once we had descended the staircase, he case me a sideways look. “I heard about what happened,” he said. My hand tightene
Chapter 229
Really, right now, the urgency was only for my sister. She was the one causing me the most danger. She was also the one I wanted to know the most about. Was she there by her own free will? Or because she was coerced? Tonight, I wouldn’t rest until I learned the truth, and then either saved her or
Último capítulo