Chapter 18 Nothing Is Random

• I wanted to storm over there and demand Kirsten apologize for accepting thanks for a gift she hadn’t given. But I couldn’t do so without revealing to Nicholas that I was the one who had given it. If Nicholas knew the truth, he’d assume the worst.
• He’d think the gift was disingenuous, and that I was just chasing after his crown.
• I didn’t want nobility. I didn’t want to be his wife, or girlfriend, or whatever else.