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

that she

purposeful, like

by being here, but to see my own family

the cruelty made my

favor of our kingdom’s people, and yet, the Queen herself was

for not

I could

goodwill

sent Mark to teach Piper the secret greeting

wanted to

dance with Zale while everyone else in the room stared in

myself to

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the ambassador’s favor, Piper was out of immediate danger. This left me time to ponder over other concems. Mainly, why didn’t Piper’s maids war her

know, but we had assigned knowledgeable

had been the one to suggest the

for her behind the thrones, but she was gone from

with a satisfied look on his face. I nodded

always.

now, how quickly he

looking for someone?” he

“Lena,” I said.

a discreet servant’s door in a comer of the ballroom. 1 saw

sir.”

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