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It’ll be inon the knot, the whole thing will unravel and slip off her Leaving her completely bare beneath No knickers allowed in , everyone!" She kisses Olivia on the cheek, then sits at the table, and a server pours her tea "How did we sleep last night? It was the best night of sleep I’ve ever had in my life!"

I bet it was Sheht Ellie hasn’t been back here since the wedding, and they were so busy with preparations, she didn’t have ti all at once "Suck the Wessco lemon" is how she described it

"These olda bite out of her croissant "They don’t make them like that anymore"

There’s a reckless, iood can co?"

"Henry" Nicholas warns

"Sure!" Ellie agrees

This is bad I have a bad feeling about this

The feeling grohen Nicholas see "It wasn’t safe ere ten; it’s probably s "Only if she falls" He holds his hand out to Ellie "Come on, this way!"

They scramble from the room And while every muscle in my body strains to follow, I have to wait for Nicholas

"What’s going on?" Olivia asks

He puts his hand over his wife’s "It will be better if you don’t watch"

Ellie’s sharp but happy screa I sprint out of the room with Olivia and the Prince close behind

We stop, horrified, at the botto double staircase Ellie straddles the thick, dark wood railing at the top, facing forward, ready to launch

"Oh my God!" Olivia yells

Nicholas shakes his head "I told you not to watch"

Ellie gives herself a push and faster than I can get to her--like she’s coursing down a hill of ice--she’s sliding It’s a fifteen-foot fall to the ht shifts just a tad to the right, she’ll go over

This is what a heart attack feels like

Ellie flies off the botto solidly on her feet, like a feline I put hing "That wasawesorins proudly

"What esome?" Lady Sarah Von Titebottum, Prince Henry’s fiancée, asks as she walks into the foyer, up to Henry’s side

Henry puts his arm around her shoulders and kisses her quickly "I was just showing Ellie the best ride in the palace"

"You should try it, Sarah," Ellie says

"No" Henry frowns, petting Sarah’s long, dark hair possessively "No, she can’t try it Absolutely not"

Sarah peers up at hilasses "Why can’t I?"

"You could break your bloody n--"

He stops ers and points at Nicholas, then to his own head "OhhhI get it now You were right"

"I always am," Nicholas replies