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, brin
