67. On The Same Side
Leighton My heart was racing in panic. Estelle had shut me out completely and her lack of reaction to Rhiannon was worryingly chilling. I had been too slow to work out that her father had set me up and currently Estelle refused to look at me. The closer I tried to edge to her the tighter Rhiannon gripped onto my arm despite my best efforts to shake her off. I was torn between throwing her across the room and trying not to draw too much attention to her. There was nothing I could think of to explain what was going on. She had been blocking my mindlink all day but when she finally let it down, blurting out I love you maybe wasn’t my finest moment. For a moment I thought I saw a flicker of relief in her eyes before the Princess came running in. While I felt that nothing should surpri
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