Chapter 0068
I awoke the next morning to the sound of thunder outside my window and pounding on my bedroom door. I’d barely gotten out of bed when the door burst open and a slew of Joseph’s guards flooded in.
“Mommy!” Elva shouted as she hid under the covers.
“At least let me get dressed,” I said, holding up my hands.
The guard closest to me shook his head. “Orders are orders.” He grabbed me roughly by the arm and
dragged me toward the door.
met
In the hallway, Joseph’s guards were arguing with Nicholas’s. Mark was running toward me.
“Mark!” I called to him. “Elva’s in there!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll watch her!” he called back. He tried to come closer to me, but one of the guards roughly
shoved him. “Hey!”
“Mark, please.” I was worried he might start something. “Elva!”
Mark grit his teeth, but stepped backwards, letting the guards and me pass.
“Keep her away from this! Please!”
“I will,” he promised.
In my nightgown, I was dragged through the hallways. It was early, just before dawn, but many of the
girls peeked their heads out of their doors to see the spectacle.
The cameras were nowhere to be seen. Likely this was not something the royal family wanted the public
to see.
On the ground floor, near the back door, Lena had her arms crossed.
“Please, let me change,” I said, hoping to appeal to her sense of decency. If I went out into the storm in
my nightgown, it would soak straight through.
Lena sneered. “You should have thought of that this morning.”
When would I have had the time? Somewhere between being startled awake and dragged into the hall?
Yet I knew talking back to her would get me nowhere. I had no power here.
The guards shoved me forward, out into the gardens. They forced me down to my knees in the grass.
“Don’t move,” one of them warned. Then they disappeared somewhere behind me.
I was facing away from the palace. I couldn’t see what happened behind me.
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