Soon after arriving at the fair, Hailey pulled Ruelle toward a stall where polished metal hairpins with small coloured stones were laid out on the table beneath the glow of hanging lanterns. A small crowd of women had gathered around it, each examining the pieces and holding them up to their hair.
Ruelle smiled at Hailey, who was eagerly looking through the pins, and she glanced back toward the rest of their group.
Edward and Kevin stood in the middle of the path. While Kevin appeared perfectly at ease, the same could not be said for the prince. Edward's shoulders stiffened each time someone brushed too close, his gaze darkening as he glared at the passing crowd.
As Ruelle's gaze drifted further across the fair, she spotted Claude standing near another stall, casually eating what looked like a potato bun as though he had come only to enjoy the festivities. Yet she knew better than to believe that.
