Chapter 238


    Chapter 0238


    After thanking Tiffany, I excused myself from lunch and ushered Elva back to the safety of our room. I


    kept my eyes peeled for any sight of my twin in the hallways, but I saw no sight of her myself. Yet I had


    no


    reason to doubt Tiffany.


    When we were back in the room, I called Mark to the side. “I need to meet with Prince Nichs and


    Prince Julian at once. We have to make sure the tunnel is secure.”


    Mark’s face immediately grew grim. He had his phone in his hands an instantter, texting. To me, he


    asked, “Has something happened?”


    “I don’t know yet,” I admitted.


    With the princes‘ busy schedules, we couldn’t meet until the evening. I was a nervous wreck all


    afternoon.


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    When it finally came time, I met Julian and Nichs down in the cer. Mark and the nanny watched


    Elva back in our room.


    I stared at where once had been the tunnel opening. Now, there was only a brick wall. It was recently


    pressed on the bricks, checking their sturdiness.


    “It’s solid,” he said.


    “So there’s another way in.” I wrapped my arms around myself forfort, but I could not seem to fight


    the chill. Nichs stepped closer to me. He didn’t touch me, instead merely stood a few inches off, but


    the rtive closeness warmed more than I could have alone.


    “I can check the blueprints again, but this seemed to be the only passage that led off the property. The


    rest connected rooms or hallways.” Julian rubbed his hand over his mouth. “We can try checking the


    passages to find where she’s hiding, but she could just as easily move when we get close.”


    I remembered how I had chased Jane before, and how she had seemed to vanish when I’d thought I’d


    cornered her.


    Julian shrugged. “Unfortunately, all it would take is for Terry to sneak her in once, and she could simply


    hide out here for as long as she wants. If she does get spotted, she can just pretend to be you.”


    Terry, as the Luna’s brother, could more easily pass through security than other guests. Theoretically, all


    Jane would have to do was lie down on the floor of the backseat as the security gate waved Terry’s car


    through.


    But for that to happen, that meant…


    “Terry is here?” My chills returned tenfold, and I shivered.


    A muscle ticked in Nichs’s jaw. “He’s one of the benefactors for the fundraising g event.”


    Of course he was. He had money and close ties to the royal family. Why wouldn’t he be a benefactor?


    My body trembled. I wasn’t ready to face him again so soon, but if he was a benefactor, I would have no


    choice. I was obligated to speak to each of them, to give them my pitch and to convince them to donate


    to the orphanage. The entire thing would be monitored so no girl or benefactor would be missed.


    Nichs’s arm wrapped around my shoulders. “There’s nothing else we can do for right now. Let me


    walk you back to your room.”


    I couldn’t find my voice, so I nodded.


    We came out from the cers, left the kitchen, and walked through the main hallway when I noticed we


    were being followed. By the deep set of Nichs’s frown, he had likely noticed even sooner than me.


    As we turned a corner, Nichs urged me to stop. Sure enough, a few secondster, a pair of guards


    rounded that same corner. When they spotted us, the quickly halted.


    These were not part of Nichs’s personal guard. No. From the design of their uniform, these were


    clearly undermand of Joseph.


    “You’re following us,” Nichs said.


    The guards nced at each other. One opened his mouth but immediately closed it. The other lowered


    his head.


    Nichs narrowed his eyes as the wait for a reply grew longer and longer. Finally, he added some


    authoritative tone to his voice, as he said, “Under whose orders were you told to keep secrets from your


    prince?”