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Chapter 20 Summary
Miri starts running, but a bandit catches her. He takes her back to the academy, where 14 other bandits are holding the other girls, Olana, and Knut hostage. The bandits have broken Knut’s arm. Their leader, Dan, tells the girls that they originally planned to rob the prince on his way back. However, they realized that he had too many guards protecting him, so the bandits changed plans and now intend to hold the princess as ransom.
Dan asks which of the girls is the princess. The girls try to explain that the prince did not choose anyone, but he refuses to listen. One of the bandits then puts a rope around Gerti’s wrists, hurting her, and Miri tries to defend her. Dan hits Miri, and she lies on the ground in pain. Then, Frid claims that she is the princess, and Miri, not wanting Frid to sacrifice herself to the bandits, claims that she is the princess. The other girls then begin to claim that they are each the princess until Dan silences them. He decides to take all the girls with him in the morning.
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