The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 53

Nicholas

I had no idea why I decided to help Piper. She had betrayed me in the past. By all accounts, I should

have been pleased to see her fail.

Yet, when I stood outside the sitting room and heard Lena suggest the traditional punishment for Piper, I

couldn’t stand idly by and do nothing.

The thought of Piper kneeling out in a storm, soaked, chilled, and miserable sent an unfamiliar tremor of

rage through me.

I didn’t feel strong emotions like that anymore, not since I turned off my heart three years ago. But this

hot anger had been enough to melt through my emotional freeze.

I couldn’t be detached, not with this.

Ambassador Zale had taught the royal family the secret Merfolk greeting only a few hours before. The

timing had been peculiar, almost as if he had expected us to utilize this new knowledge to help the girls

with the challenge, if we so wished.

I hadn’t intended to teach the greeting to anyone. But that had been before the Queen threatened Piper

over something as trivial as glove length.

An insult to the royal family, the Queen had said. Unlikely. She had always been fickle with such frivolous

never to such an extent that she would exert

like Piper

unwanted attention simply by being

the cruelty made my insides

favor of our kingdom’s

one of them for not knowing her obscure,

with the future of the kingdom in mind, I could almost pretend that I was helping

to gamer goodwill

my heart knew the truth. I sent Mark

wanted to

while everyone else in the room stared in

myself to

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time to ponder over other concems. Mainly, why didn’t Piper’s maids war

know, but we had

one to suggest the harsh punishment for Piper Perhaps she

thrones, but she was gone from her usual

on his face. I nodded approvingly. He did his job

always.

he could tell something

for someone?” he

“Lena,” I said.

comer of

sir.”

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