Chapter 600
I blinked at Hildegard.
“Gone, what do you mean? Gone?” I said lost.
She took in a deep breath. “Jasmine I-
I scoffed at Hildegard.
“Please, is Nanny Nia putting you up to one of her many boring tricks?” I said and laughed.
I walked to the bed to find my dress.
“I’m sorry to laugh, Hildegard, but I’ve told her times without number those tricks never work. And quite frankly, don’t ever believe her when she tells me.” I said as I shook my head.
I giggled and searched for my dress.
“There it is,” I said and picked it up. “I just remembered Hildegard. The dress was amazing. It made the night so beautiful. Felt like a fairy tale.”
Hildegard nodded with a tight-lipped smile as she approached me. “And you’re welcome for that. I’m glad you did. But Jasmine, this isn’t a joke.”
She’s standing before me now, her face written with worry and discomfort.
“They are gone.” She insisted.
I looked around, trying to understand the point of this game. “Gone? Okay, gone to where exactly?”
She shook her head. “They went back to the Crescent pack.”
I stared at her while the pregnant silence enveloped the room.
Hildegard looked so serious.
I burst into laughter.
“Oh, please, Hildegard.” I said. “This is actually a good one.”
I set the chemise against my body.
It was see-through.
So I neatly folded it and set it aside before walking to the closet to find one of the dresses Nanny Nia had packed up for me.
I found a cream dress and put it over my head.
Hildegard was still following after me.
“Jasmine, this isn’t a joke. Why would I joke about something like this?” She asked me.
“Because there is no way in hell Nanny Nia would leave me,” I said as I pulled my hair from the back of my dress. “Not possible.”
I adjusted the dress down my body till it was close to my toes.
“Will you help me, please?” I asked Hildegard.
She zipped up my dress for me with a sigh.
“Thank you!” I winked. “Now I’ll have to go find Nanny Nia myself. Moreover, we’re supposed to be leaving the royal pack today.”
I had no idea what silly joke Nanny Nia had going on, but at least it was a trial.
She was always guilty of pulling the most ridiculous pranks.
And they never seemed to work on me or even anyone.
“Search for Xaden’s clothes!” Hildegard said.
I stopped right in my tracks, just as I was about to open the door and head out.
“What?” I asked, slowly turning around.
“Yes, Jasmine.” She nodded. “If you think this is all some joke, then check the closet and see if you can find any of Xaden’s clothes.”
I stared at Hildegard.
I became tense.
What was she getting at?
“Check Jasmine.” She invited.
I slowly walked to the closet and told myself this was all a joke.
I opened the drawers and doors in search of his clothes.
But I found nothing.
I had expected to find something hanging.
However, there was no indication that Xaden had ever been here before.
Panicked, I started pulling the drawers out.
Frantically searching for any trace of him.
I pulled out the dresses that were unfortunately mine and searched through them.
I started to panic.
“Jasmine, calm down.” I heard her plead.
I ignored her and went to the other side of the room.
I went under the bed to find perhaps one of his pairs of shoes.
There was none.
I searched.
But there was nothing that indicated he had ever even been in the room.
My eyes welled up with tears, and I began to shiver.
“No, no, no.” I said to myself as I searched.
“Please, Jasmine.” I heard Hildegard plead with me behind.
But I refused to calm down.
I marched out of the room and headed for Jessica’s bedroom, which was supposed to have been mine.
I raced down the halls and went downstairs in search of the left wing.
I finally found Jessica’s room.
I didn’t care if she had gone or was still here.
I only wanted to confirm the crazy story Hildegard was telling me.
I wanted to see Jessica in the room and tell Hildegard to never prank me like that again.
But to my horror, the moment I opened the door, no Jessica was brooding around.
In her stead, about three maids were cleaning the room and rearranging.
I slowly walked in.
“Where is She?” I asked.
The girls looked at each other in confusion.
“Where is Jessica?!” I snapped.
The girls jumped. “She is gone. We’re only cleaning the room.”
I felt a chill run down my spine, and my throat went instantly dry.
I walked to the closet, hoping to find Jessica’s luxurious clothes.
I didn’t find a single one.
My heart began to race so fast, and I felt a wave of dizziness hit me.
I couldn’t believe what was happening.
I tried to control myself.
This couldn’t be true.
I swallowed hard and managed to ask the girls. “Where has she gone? Did she follow the princess somewhere?”
They looked at me as if I were crazy. “No, she went with her brother and the other members of the Crescent pack. They all left.”
And it hit me like a bomb.
Felt like an arrow that had pierced my heart.
Dazed and in disbelief, I slowly turned around and walked out of the room.
I had no idea where I was going, what I was even thinking, until I felt Hildegard catch my arms and jerk me back to reality.
“Jasmine, are you okay?” She asked to check my face and looked at me with a worried expression stamped on hers.
I slowly looked up at hers, and then the tears began to stream from my cheeks.
“No. I’m not okay.” I shook my head. “They left me.”
And I wept in the hallway as Hildegard held onto me.