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.”

a spiral of fear and worries. I struggled to think straight. I only knew that wherever

I had to

would he? She

Elva. I was certain of that. Especially when

would he

a prince. Nowhere in the palace was

grave offense. Nathan had made clear that it could cost me

strong for Elva.

think I wanted to

I

door, I

told me

at me. “Miss Piper, you are to

me. I’ll

led me through the back hallways of the palace, through places Nathan had

surely allowed if I’d been

beheading if it brought

had a few beds and a wall of bookcases.

equipment and microscopes.

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