The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 12

I took another step. “I don’t want anyone to get in trouble.”

Mark’s eyes went wide again. He looked to Nicholas.

Nicholas’s jaw was clenched, a hard line. He stared at me like he wanted me to take back my words.

When I didn’t, he said, “No one will get in trouble.”

“Thank you,” I said.

He seemed even more annoyed by my thanks, eyes hard.

Mark quickly excused himself.

Nicholas also backed to the door. “If there is anything else you need…”

“Wait,” I said. I glanced over my shoulder, at Elva’s legs kicking out from the comforter.

Nicholas followed the length of my gaze but didn’t otherwise move an inch.

I approached him. Voice soft, I said, “Elva has a few health issues. Lately, she’s been suffering from

recurrent pneumonia..

made it seem like acquiring a doctor for Elva would be

I felt nervousness bubble within

needs a

one.” His reply came

was still a

the past three years, then. The

Thank you,” I said.

then left

her blanket Jon. It had been a long, tiring day, and she was still recovering. She needed all the sleep she could

under the chair and carried her toward the king–sized bed. She stirred some

edge of the bed and watched

staying here, but… if she could get a regular doctor to

only wanted me here for good publicity, was there

generosity?

seemed a

away from Elva’s face, I remembered that I hadn’t told Nicholas or Mark about Elva’s many allergies. I needed

sleeping soundly, I crossed the room and stuck

like Nicholas, though I couldn’t tell what he was

voice to a servant’s room at the end of the hallway. The

to the whims of a woman

that voice as Lena, the

with anger, “Now we

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