Chapter 26

Time rewinds briefly to an earlier moment, when Julia collapsed from exhaustion while tightening Chloe’s dress. “Do I absolutely have to wear a dress?” Chloe asked Julia, who was agonizing over how to perform the miracle of creating a suitable dress in just three days. Julia’s forehead wrinkled. What was she talking about? But Chloe quickly pointed to the fabric samples, swatches, and the royal protocol book spread out on the floor as she spoke. “For a royal wedding, what I must wear are the sash and the coronet, correct?”