Chapter 0410
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 locked in the
dungeons? It seemed so unheard of. Sure, that's where they had put Terry, but
he'd never been a true royal by blood. Only his relation to his sister kept him
close enough to gain the royal benefits.
Joyce was a prince, the son of the King.
Nicholas must have seen my confusion. “He kept trying to escape.”
“Don’t worry,” Julian said. “His cell is not like you are imagining.”
I didn’t know how Julian knew what I was imagining, but... yeah, I was imagining
something pretty bad. Dark and cold with water dripping down and a bucket for
the bathroom. Dirt floors. A straw bed. Maybe chains connecting him to the walls.
“You'll see,” Nicholas said. He held out his arm for me, and I slid my arm through
his.
Julian did the same for Veronica, who seemed lost in thought. I wasn't sure she
was even listening to our previous conversation. Though from her plainer-than-
usual clothes, it was likely she had already guessed where we were going.
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As a group, we moved slowly and stealthily to the dungeons. We couldn't sneak
past the guards stationed at the dungeons, but when they say the princes with
us, they waved us through. No, when we had been stealthy, it was mainly to
avoid the
cameras.
The very last thing that we needed was the public wondering why two princes
and two candidates were descending down into the dungeons.
The dungeons were housed under the barracks where the guards stayed. We
went down two flights of stairs before we went through another checkpoint and
then entered the dungeon proper.
It was nothing like the medieval torture rooms I had imagined. No, this facility
was entirely... modern. Cameras and clean concrete floors, and glass
everywhere. The doors were metal, but there were no bars. Guards patrolled the
hallways. Others were stationed in watch rooms with monitors that viewed every
corner of this place.
“This is his room here,” Nicholas nudged me as we passed. The room was empty
presently, but... wow!
It looked like a prince’s room: a plush bed, a wooden desk, and tall-back sitting
chairs. Dozens upon dozens were sca ttered throughout. He had his own
personal bathroom with a door.
It was the nicest prison I'd ever seen, and so far beyond even the nicest thing I
could think of.
“He's not there,” I said.
“We moved him into one of the discussion rooms, in preparation of our visit,”
Nicholas said.
Discussion room seemed like a nice way of saying interrogation room.
Farther down the hallway, the princes led us into a small room with a giant glass
window on one side. In the room beyond the window, Joyce sat at a simple table,
waiting.
“He can't see us in here,” Nicholas said. “But we can see himn. We can stay here
and watch, if Veronica needs our help.”
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