The Luna Choosing Game

The fact was, for whatever the reason, he hadn’t revealed my secret yet. If I played his game, maybe he’d

continue to keep it.

I pressed my hand to his elbow and nudged him closer to the door, further from Elva. I didn’t want her to know the truth yet. We’d have our own conversation in time, when she was old enough to understand.

voice low, just in case, I confessed, “Elva isn’t mine.”

Julian’s perfect veneer finally cracked. His eyes widened for a few solid seconds before he recovered

himself. “Really?”

“She’s the daughter of my twin sister,” I said. The memories burned through my brain, painful and hot.”

sold my wolf to pay off Elva’s ransom.”

“She was being held for ransom?”

“My sister owed too much to so many people. They’d taken Elva as payment. They only gave me so

many days… I did what I had to do.”

cogs turning in his brain as he

planning to do

a conclusion. “Have

wolf being taken weren’t

“What

if someone exploited your sister with the implicit purpose of obtaining your

more. My wolf had been strong, but to purposefully target my

wolf and my power? That

then nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this

I exhaled in relief.

I can’t guarantee for how long I’ll keep it

my anxiety returned. He’d hold this

who knew what purpose.

now indebted to Julian, and that knowledge

Julian said. “You might

you can find out more truth, perhaps it might ease the

words over in my mind, trying to decide if they were a threat or not, Julian slid his gaze

Elva.

line, the child’s future abilities would likely be formidable.

like yours were, she might become

as if he’d been talking

referenced. Weak as I was, I wouldn’t be able to protect Elva if those same people from