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.

for Prince Nicholas, Kirsten said. “Gifts

eventually. But

graces.”

on me. “And then I will be Luna.” She

in the dungeons. My little

from behind me, in

lost her spiteful arrogance and become

to hold

eyes searing into mine. “Then I can get

be doing no

that firm,

She straightened.

through the trees and come to

was a mask of cool indifference as he took in the scene before

me, to Kirsten, to Lena

his eyes gave away his

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

meanie!”

The

girl, then looked up at Nicholas, who

Nicholas asked. “You heard

me. They’d held me roughly

released me so

falling.