The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0036

Her fury, which I had caused to heighten for a moment, quickly smoothed out again. Her grin returned,

wide and sharp.

“I should have known you were the one who made that sad little gift. It was so simple, so… fashion-

backwards. I had been ready to apologize for its very existence, before the prince made his small mix up.”

Nhad spent hours crafting that wrist guard for the prince. I had purposefully made the design simplistic, knowing Nicholas would prefer it that way. Flashy clothes were never his style.

That Kirsten didn’t know that only showed how little she understood the prince she chased.

“If you wanted him to know it was from you, you should have given it to him directly,” Kirsten said. “That

you didn’t only shows that you knew he would reject it. Just like he’ll reject you, very soon.”

“You shouldn’t have taken credit –”

“It’s too late, Piper. No one will ever believe you made it. Not now. Not against my word. Although…” She

tapped her finger to her chin and looked at Lena. “I think I know a fitting punishment.”

“Oh?” Lena lifted a brow.

Prince Nicholas, Kirsten

eventually. But many gifts would surely lead me into his

graces.”

on me. “And then I will

down in the

crunch sounded from behind me, in the

lost her spiteful arrogance and

hold me, but their

unchanged, her vicious eyes searing into mine.

doing

knew that firm, male

eyes went wide. She straightened.

push through the trees and come to stand beside us. Holding

of cool indifference as he took in the scene

hands on me, to Kirsten, to Lena

his eyes gave away his

at Nicholas’s hand. She pointed at one of the guard. “Let go

meanie!”

The

up at Nicholas,

asked. “You heard

fell away from me. They’d

released

in danger of falling. I