Section IV: Nick Summary

At the beginning of this section, Nick wonders if Romanov was sent by his former world to make him rule, though he has relinquished the throne in favor of his half-brother. However, he quickly has to wake up and go to dinner with the other guards. There, they are curious, as the guard who was supposed to arrive was named Maurice. Nick makes up a lie that Maurice is his last name. On his way to the bathroom, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his presence has been detected as wrong by the training academy, and he knows he has to run. When he leaves the restaurant and sprints through the woods, he falls down the side of a cliff.

In Chapter 2, Nick stays down, hoping the group will not see him and he can...