MINE.

my mind. The girls were giggling together by the wind

quickly. Even Camile turned arou

t what might be waiting for m

gracious,"

and, Cami

Aspen had informed me that all the guards received injections to help keep them strong, b

ely focused on Mark, we couldn'

ie remarked. "Well, I believe he is

ke this one," as another gua

can't believe we're

n over there with the gre

as he is attractive, and I

e boasted. "The palace's most b

knew he was formerly a Six, I

ears. Aspen and I were growing apart, which felt inevitable, but even then I couldn't help

ng, Katherina?

ention, and after experiencing that ache for him, do

They're all f

ou've got to be joking! Some of the most

just a bunch of bo

ute before it's just the three of us yo

t, Mark is just as attrac

Kylie

t second after the words had left my mou

you and Mark toples

asn

Was it the purpose of that

tered. "You

, "Excu

uld you expect?" Unless you want to explain what ha

ence, I couldn't tell them that I had been attending to scars on his back that his father had particularly inf

ng up against him half-naked." I

idened. The question

naked encounters with Mark

ot exposed

d, "Okay. "This needs to be clarif

dy said anything out of f

issed him." "Twice

dmitted. But I made the decision to do

once?" Camile qu

even

umiliated manner. The best was one night in the hallway. She gave me the side eye. We

er girls were much more promiscuous than I was willing to be. But suddenly I was aware that

one to know. Additionally, we've shared a couple mo

w over his head magic

t off," I

asn't content. "Did you take

ly, we b

e pause. We all know where w

t, exactly?

y res

care about Mark, and all of those m

ting we don't?"

e that yo

on is, "Ho

prepared to wager that while you like Mark rather well, yo

g it. Which one do you think of? You d

ased my admiration for her. "All of the weddings in my family are arranged. All of this is a result of my kno

c tone. Actually, Ella, tha

s not the only th

though the thought terrified me, I was certain that feeling had motivated every move I had taken in regards

ylie exclaimed. "I love him, an

he carpet as I quickly returned to

, come clean,"

. Finding the appropriate ph

how I feel because

further inquiries. She was probably concerned t

observe the actual lines of competition. We could compare them side by side since we had a

d within ourselves. Perhaps this is where things were supposed to end up. There were four girls and one prince pr