The Luna Choosing Game
Chapter 52
In the werewolf tradition, he wore a tuxedo, though with a blue shirt rather than white.
His eyes were deep red as they focused on me.
“Ambassador Zale, may I present Piper,” Mark said.
Well, it was now or never. Trust Mark, and presumably Nicholas, or take the chance myself.
Reaching up, I placed a hand on either side my neck. “My life, my friendship.”
Zale’s eyes went impossibly wide.
My heart pounded hard. Had I upset him? Was this a trap? How would I explain this to the Queen?
But then Zale smiled, showing a set of sharp teeth. “Nice to meet you, Piper. I had yet to meet a candidate tonight who know the proper Merfolk greeting.”
“I’ll make my exit now,” Mark said, backing away. “If you will excuse me.”
In Mark’s absence, Zale stepped closer. He must have been an older Merfolk. I could see now the gray at his temples, and the lines beside his striking eyes.
“Tell me,” Zale said. “How did you come to know our greeting?”
For one wild moment, I tried to think of a lie, but in the end, what could I saw but the truth?
I
“I’m sorry, sir, I wished I could tell you I learned it long ago, but the truth is… I only learned it just now when Mark told me.”
His eyes went wide again.
I shouldn’t have said that.
But then he threw his head back and laughed so hard his gills fluttered,
“Oh, Piper. How delightful you are. Do you have any idea how truth is valued in my culture? I am so used
to your kind attempting to deceive me. To have you here, so honest and open, is a great comfort to me as a stranger in a faraway land.”
I’m sorry the others tried to lie to you,” I said.
I couldn’t agree that I was an overly honest person entirely. If I was, I would have told Nicholas from the start about Elva and what truly happened to my powers.
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The girls around me were freshening up their Merfolk language. Some were fluent. Others, less so. Though most seemed to have a baseline knowledge.
My grasp of the Merfolk language was rusty, at least. I vaguely recalled some lessons during my days at
the Academy, but that felt like so long ago now.
T’hadn’t had any need for Merfolk language or traditions in my day to day since leaving the Academy. I
didn’t really retain any of that knowledge.
I thought I might be able to recall some customs, though the bits of information I was hearing now and
then around me confused with my memories and left me unsure.
Also, I couldn’t trust what the girls around me were even saying.
Linda, especially, seemed to be purposefully polluting the water of fact and fiction. My knowledge was
shaky, but even I knew the Merfolk greeted each other with a deep bow, and not a fist bump like she was
the
I had been in worse situations. Heck, even lunch hour
overwhelming, with everyone shouting orders
as a
to be careful. I had to
want to have to stand in the rain for a
a line to wait our turn to meet the ambassador. As
and shorter, my
ambassador had mixed reactions. Some
confident. But
tum, I was a nervous ball of energy who felt a bit like I was walking into a
den.
escort me to the
the one who offered me his
me to escort you to Ambassador Zale,”
was a gift, being given his name. Whether Nathan had
I said,
that he was
“You!
the first time Prince Nicholas met a Merfolk he made a common mistake. Most people
that Merfolk bow at the waist as a form of
in the Academy,” I said. I’d been
some Merfolk, that remains a tradition,” Mark conceded. “However, the royal family and their ambassadors
he wasn’t just going to tell
their neck. ‘My life, my friendship,‘ they say. It’s a symbolic show of trust and a
wondered if perhaps Mark was
seemed an honest type of person. Surely he wouldn’t be so cruel as to want to
me humiliated, or worse.
continued. “Fortunately, the Merfolk and the
correct the incorrect greeting out of
royals showed Nicholas the correct
side of the neck,” I
phrase,”
“My life, my friendship.”
now to a
had a head of wild dark
bridge of his nose.
though his chest moved with breath. I remembered
and under
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tuxedo,
red as they
I present Piper,”
or never. Trust Mark, and presumably Nicholas, or take the
hand on either side my neck
eyes went
I
pounded hard. Had I upset him? Was this a trap? How would I explain this
showing a set of sharp teeth. “Nice to meet you, Piper. I
said, backing away. “If
have been an older Merfolk. I could
temples, and the lines
“How did you come to know our greeting?”
lie, but in the end, what could I saw but
tell you I learned it long ago, but the truth is… I only learned
when Mark told me.”
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