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.”

that made his expression no more readable. I could practically see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information, but

planning to do with

conclusion. “Have you ever considered that your departure

wolf being

“What do

your sister with the implicit

silence once more. My wolf had

my wolf and my power?

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

I exhaled in relief.

how

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

who knew what purpose.

was now indebted to Julian, and that knowledge

investigate for yourself,” Julian said. “You might find

out more truth, perhaps

decide if they were a threat or not, Julian slid

Elva.

child’s future

like yours were, she might become the

casually, as if he’d been talking

I wouldn’t be able to protect Elva if those same people from the underground