Her & Her Alone

It'd been the next day, and Sophia had wasted half of it overthinking everything Clarisse had told her during their hour-long call. 

In context, news of Sophia being shot had been somehow leaked to the public. Bartholomew was now known as a criminal, the kingdom had been passed down to his younger brother Caspian, although all the attention was currently focused on Sophia and the Sanguisian royal family. 

Apparently, Bartholomew had been rushed to the hospital after being found on the brink of death at the palace dungeons, and it was Nicholas who'd found him, of all people. 

Sophia, upon hearing it, found it incredibly suspicious. 

What a coincidence, Nicholas being the person to Bartholomew.