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.”

expression no more readable. I could practically see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information, but I hadn’t a clue yet what

planning to do with

he said, when he had reached a conclusion. “Have you ever considered that your

wolf being taken weren’t

hadn’t. “What

your sister with

wolf had been strong, but to purposefully target my

wolf and my power? That

then nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this information with anyone

I exhaled in relief.

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

inhale, my anxiety returned. He’d hold this over my head

who knew what purpose.

and that

said. “You might find there is some truth

more truth, perhaps it might

to decide if they

Elva.

the child’s future abilities

yours were, she might

the words so casually, as if he’d been talking about

heard clearly the danger referenced. Weak as I was, I wouldn’t be able to protect Elva if those same people from the underground came for her, as they