Chapter 417:
Nancy
I cannot believe we are going to kidnap a prince.
Not just any prince. The prince. The one I sailed across the sea with. The one who trusted me with his maps, his routes, his life. The one I left behind without a second thought.
And now I am returning to take him.
What has my life become?
The Bunny docks at a hidden illegal port—a crumbling pier tucked between two cliffs, used by smugglers and fugitives and people who do not want to be found. The sailors who greet us ask no questions. They know the flag. They know the captain. They know better.
This is also the first time I have set foot in the kingdom since leaving with His Highness.
Two years.
I feel... different.
The air is the same. The salt, the sea, the distant smell of smoke from the city. But I am not the same.
"Nancy?" Marina calls.
I rush to walk next to her.
