#Chapter 245: Making Amends

That night, I left Elva with the nanny, and met with Nicholas, Julian, and Veronica in one of the sitting rooms. “Why are we meeting here?” I asked as I entered the room. “Wouldn’t it be easier to meet near the royal family wing?” “It would be, if that’s where Joyce was,” Julian said. I blinked, surprised. Julian stuffed shook his head and stuffed his hands in his pockets. He didn’t seem likely to explain so I looked to Nicholas instead. It was so nice to see Nicholas without his Bridget shadow. I wondered what he had to do to escape her for this long. But he didn’t say, and I didn’t ask. I wanted to enjoy him on his own for as long as I could, without bringing Bridget into it. Plus, talking about her in front of Julian would hurt him. “Joyce isn’t in his rooms,” Nicholas said, bringing me back to the matter at hand. I pulled my brow together. “Then where is he?” “He’s in the dungeons,” Julian said finally. Now I was even more surprised. A direct member of the royal family loc