The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 10

But Julian would know, because he was there.

In another life, being near Nicholas would have given me enough reason to want to stay.

But he’d made his feelings about me clear. And I had other priorities.

My gaze slid to Elva, playing with her dolls at the foot of the bed.

“I don’t want to play house,” I said. “Nor do I want to partake in this game of undercutting nobles and

chasing princes.”

I had been away from nobility for a long time, but I hadn’t forgotten their cutthroat politics, where an action as small as selecting the wrong utensil at dinner could start a blood feud. Backstabbing, betrayals, pretending to be nice just to make someone vulnerable…

The memories made my already tired body even more exhausted.

immediately reclaimed my attention. She recovered quickly this time, thank God,

to Julian, “My daughter is frail and sick often.

his chin. “Piper, you realize this is the royal palace,

“Yes, but-

while you are here, wouldn’t you have access to all the royal resources? Including our medical staff

I froze.

royal family truly be

the care of my family. We

Turning away a sick child would surely be bad for public

be horrible, be

being so generous with what were

to know the

I asked him, Julian laughed. A roguish light

more brown than gold, with no

different than I was

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