Once Upon a Broken Heart

The next morning, Evangeline is still amazed that she’s engaged to a prince. Marisol is happy for her and enjoyed the previous evening with Jacks. She’s hoping for more from him, and Evangeline warns Marisol about Jacks without giving his true identity away. Marisol confesses that she’s always felt pushed aside and rejected, and Evangeline wonders if she and Marisol are really so different.

Apollo arrives, desperately afraid something’s happened to Evangeline. An article in the Daily Rumor details how the other contenders for Apollo’s hand—including—Marisol, are murderously angry about the proposal. Before Apollo can jump to any conclusions about Marisol, Evangeline asks him to stop the gossip sheets from printing lies about her. Apollo agrees if Evangeline will move to the palace “where you’ll be safe from any type of threat” (158).

Chapter 21 is an article from the Daily Rumor detailing how Evangeline and Marisol have moved to Apollo’s palace. It also issues a correction about Marisol being cursed, saying that she “is not cursed, nor does she have plans to curse her stepsister” (159).