The Luna Choosing Game

“I should have the girl forcibly removed for ruining Prince Nicholas’s date,” Lena said, voice sharp. “I’m

sure Prince Nicholas himself is furious.”

“Nick–lass is mad at me?” Elva sniffed.

“No,” I said at once.

“He should be, if he isn’t,” Lena snapped. “You are a very nasty little girl, who

That’s enough.”

“-shouldn’t even be here.”

“I said, that’s enough!” I stepped forward, approaching Lena. “You will not talk to my daughter like that.”

“Fine,” Lena said, shifting her rage–filled gaze onto me. “Then why don’t we talk about you instead, Piper. You know you and your daughter don’t belong her but you insist on wasting everyone’s time and efforts by continuing to stay.”

Elva until my dying breath. It was much more difficult to defend

everyone’s time. But, while I was here, Elva would

ever been, and that was only thanks to the care and attention of Nicholas’s

base–level care, and only then if I could afford to pay the

of humiliation

Lena said. “He deserves better than to have his every

was rude and crass, in this, I could understand where she was coming from. Nicholas and

I to purposefully put ourselves in the way of him finding the perfect

conceded. “We’ll make sure not to bother Prince Nicholas while

If I can’t convince you to leave, I’m glad you can see how

first round, but I felt nothing

when either the rules of the game dictate it, or the royal family asks me to,” I said. “Not

hope you enjoy your last few days in the palace,

turned and marched out the

had stood at attention in her presence quietly returned to work. A subtle look of understanding passed between the quiet maid and

suspicious. In Lena’s absence, she smiled and

hadn’t just

cry in earnest. I rushed to