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.”

made his expression no more readable. I could practically see the cogs turning in his brain as he

to

reached a conclusion. “Have you ever considered that your departure

and your wolf being taken weren’t

“What do you

with the implicit purpose

silence once more. My wolf had been strong, but

to steal my wolf and my power?

to himself, then nodded. “Alright. I

I exhaled in relief.

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

the next inhale, my anxiety returned. He’d hold this over my head then, for who knew how

who knew what purpose.

now indebted to Julian, and that knowledge brought me absolutely

yourself,” Julian said. “You

If you can find out more truth, perhaps it might ease the burden of this

words over in my mind, trying to decide if they were a threat or

Elva.

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

yours were, she

so casually, as

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