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.”

I could practically see the cogs turning in his brain as

to do with

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

wolf being taken

hadn’t. “What

your sister with the implicit purpose of

surprised me into silence once more. My wolf had been

my wolf and

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

I exhaled in relief.

how long I’ll keep

anxiety returned. He’d hold this over

who knew what purpose.

now indebted to Julian, and that knowledge brought

Julian said. “You might find there is some truth

If you can find out more truth, perhaps it might

mind, trying to decide if they were a threat or not, Julian slid

Elva.

family line, the child’s future abilities would likely be

yours were, she might become the next

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

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