Chapter Twenty-five Summary

In Chapter Twenty-five Britta teaches Miri about gardens while they wait for word from the prince. Finally he arrives at the academy and sends a messenger to request the girls' presence. Miri and Britta prepare to leave, and Miri realizes her family does not care about a house in the lowlands—they just want her home. Back at the academy the girls wait for the prince in the bare ballroom. Britta folds under the pressure and rushes outside, telling Miri that she knows the prince and her father is actually a nobleman. Britta loves Steffan but does not know if he loves her, and Britta's father sent her to Mount Eskel in an attempt to help her become princess. She is extremely embarrassed and terrified of what Steffan will say when he sees her. She thinks he will choose Miri...