As soon as I sink into the fraying red leather, all my stress melts away. We raise our glasses of lemonade to Laura. Having a change of scenery is nice. The empty apartment has been haunting me this week. Zoe looks surprised. She clears her throat, tapping her fingers on the edge of her glass. It seems that my priorities are never in the right place. My timing is always wrong. I want nothing more than for her to get better and come home. The more time I spend with her, the more I want her.
She smiles at me, and then the waiter brings our orders. We both have a burger and fries. Without asking if I knew the dance, he began to move perfectly in time with the music and carried me along. It was easy to follow him, and somehow I got lost in the melody and movement.
For a second I forgot killers were looking for us. I only saw a prince who held me in his arms and glided me across the dance floor. Soon we reached the other side of the room. Anders pulled me away from the crowd and out onto a terrace. After going down a few steps, we were on the palace grounds. I was surprised to get an answer. Their family has a private house outside of town.
That sounded like something I would do. We were more alike than I had realized. Maybe Anders was right when he said royals were just like other people. I felt like I was on the verge of a breakthrough. Anders pulled me into the shadows of a tree with long drooping branches that almost reached the ground.
He wrapped his arms around me, holding me close. I put my hands against his chest, feeling his heart pound. His eyes had been tracking the movements of the pirates. They were a man and a woman dressed in formal wear like everyone else, but they were recognizable to me.
It was Dorron and Oona, the two invaders from the docking bay. Anders turned his attention to me. He looked startled.
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