Chapter 403 Not Meant To Last

• My heart thundered in my chest so fiercely, I worried that it might break free from my ribcage and jump across the floor.
• What announcement was Nicholas about to give? What could he have to say that was so important he would hold up the entire ceremony?
• “Some of you maybe have been expecting this,” Nicholas said. He spoke confidently and crisply, as clear and sure as if he had been delivering a written speech. Though this speech seemed entirely unprompted. He didn’t even have notes. “While to most, I suspect, this will come as a surprise.”