The Luna Choosing Game

Piper couldn’t think I was running away from her, despite that being exactly what I was doing.

I’d never let her know she had any power over me still.

If she knew, she’d likely use it against me. I continued to suspect that she was only here for nefarious

purposes

Her presence couldn’t have been a coincidence, despite what she said.

Mark caught up with me in the driveway near one of the royal family’s cars. He’d been my Beta a long time. There weren’t many things I didn’t tell him about.

Piper included.

“She’s not like how I pictured her,” Mark said now. “When you mentioned her before, I thought she might actually have cloven hoofs and a tail. A devil, for sure. But meeting her, she seems…. nice.”

“Don’t be deceived.” Like I had been.

I couldn’t let Piper get her hooks into me again. Yet even as I thought it, I could feel my dormant. attachment to her pushing against the outer edges of my heart, trying to make its way back in.

Mark seemed pensive, like he wanted to say more but held himself back.

I didn’t like that. He was my Beta, but he was also my friend and confidant. He was the only person around me anymore with whom I could talk to without having to wear the mask of the perfect prince.

your

different since she’s arrived. Almost more… open, I

disagreed. I still hid my true thoughts away from

more easily. You’re more present in the moment, instead of just standing there going through

with a

sheepish “You told me to speak my

said. “That doesn’t mean that

around her, watch how fast your emotions

“Ridiculous.”

be true.

Piper’s trap again. She’d

to me. For him to say these things, meant he

was dangerous to me, if she was

I didn’t have time for frivolous entanglements like love. That wasn’t an

myself since I hid my identity

what I had to do. Even if it made me

move. With Mark’s reluctant help, we had dwindled down the perfect candidate for what I planned

She was petite and soft–spoken.

of place. She seemed a bit demure for my tastes, but then,

was about what would be best