Page 2 of Redemption of a Prince

“But one of you needs to handle this.” She held up the tablet. “Who’s best with the technology?”

“Nanny still has a flip phone,” Sal explained. “She’s a whiz on a computer, but not a tablet or smart phone.”

“All of you need to call me Nanny tonight,” Sally went on. “It’ll be too confusing otherwise.”

“Every team should have their tablet on and their stylus ready to write. The first question is up in five, four, three...”

They huddled around Sal who had taken control of the tablet.

The picture of Sofós Voskós disappeared, and the first question appeared.

Nikki tried to process it quickly and thought she did well with the answer coming almost immediately, but Sal was already writing the answer down before Nikki could whisper it.

“Yes,” they all whispered slightly out of sync.

Sal hit submit.

They all slumped back while the other teams finished.

“We won’t check in to see how you’re doing until after the fifth question,” the announcer told them. “The next question...”

They huddled up again. This time Kelly whispered the answer to Sal before Nikki finished reading the question. Nikki had known the answer though.

At least her interview wouldn’t be timed.

By the end of the first round, their team was second overall - having missed one easy question they shouldn’t have - and moved on with only one point missing.

The questions in the second round were harder, but they answered them all correctly, sitting safely in first place after the team ahead of them faltered on a level-five difficulty question.

But the two teams continued on together.

Nanny wrapped her arms around all of them as best she could as they took a short break. “No matter what happens, I’m proud of all of you.”

Kelly and Clark were basically Nanny’s family now. Nikki, too, though she’d only answered first once.

She didn’t feel like she was pulling her weight.

The first six questions went back and forth. The last question should go to Nikki and her team if the pattern held.

“Last question! For all the marbles!”

Sal shoved the tablet at Nikki. “My hand is cramping from holding the stylus too tightly. You’ve got this.”

Nikki grabbed it.

List the following names of the heir(ess) of the Trilunium estate: birth name, legal maiden name, married name

Mikayla Marie Roberts

Karsen Mikayla Robertson

Karsen, Princess of New Sargasso

“Duchess,” Nanny reminded her softly.

Duchess of New Paloma

Nikki hit submit and sank back, her hand already cramping.

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