The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 23

When I returned to the bedroom, Elva was missing from the bed. I nearly screamed, were it not for both of maids, who quickly approached me.

“W–where’s Elva?” I asked them, panic quaking my voice.

“You caused a right commotion, running around,” the talkative maid said. “It was enough to catch the

attention of Prince Nicholas.”

Nicholas? “He’s still at the banquet…?”

I remembered looking back at him as I was leaving. He’d been smiling at an eager girl desperate for his

attention.

“The banquet is still occurring,” the maid said. “He must have excused himself early.”

Why would he do such a thing? Surely he hadn’t overheard what Susie said about Elva? Even if he had, he w

wouldn’t have cared… would he?

“Prince Nicholas.came in here,” the quieter maid said. “He felt Elva’s fever, and then carried her out of

this room himself.”

spiral of fear and worries. I

to

palace, would he? She

changed from three years ago, he wouldn’t hurt Elva. I was certain of that. Especially when I

would he take

Nowhere in the palace was off–limits to him. Where would I even begin

room. That was a grave offense. Nathan had made clear

to be strong for Elva.

I wanted to scream in

I

door, I glanced, and

had told me they’d

fully at me. “Miss Piper,

with me. I’ll show you the

as he led me through the back hallways of

if I’d been summoned, right? I didn’t have time

it

and a wall of

equipment and microscopes.

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