ELENA’S POV
My eyes lingered on the princes longer than they should’ve.
I had noticed when they walked into the courtyard and kept walking down to the stone pathway that led to the academy’s gates. We stood by the fountain because my sister and I were waiting for them. Lucien looked tired, worn out, like the day had completely drained all his energy.
Elara leaned into my ear and whispered. “Do you think our plan is going to work sis?”
I hummed softly, a smile curling up my lips as I kept my eyes fixed on Lucien. “Sis, this plan will definitely work. No, it has to.”
We had planned this carefully, there was no room for failure.
The scandal was the perfect tool we needed. It has broken them, and forced them into compliance. There was nothing they could do about getting engaged to us, a
