The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 59

Quickly, I exited the car, Julian sighed, threw the car into park, and got out too.

“Over here, Piper,” Nicholas said, motioning to the space beside him. Obediently, I went where he

directed.

Softly, he asked me, “Are you alright?”

The question startled me a moment. I wasn’t sure why he cared. But I assuaged his concerns. “I’m not

hurt.”

Nicholas nodded at me, then rounded on Julian. His voice was thick with fury.

“How could you do something like this? You broke all the rules. Do you not care at all that you’ve potentially endangered Piper’s candidacy for the games?”

Julian rolled his eyes. “It was just a bit of fun, Nicholas.”

“At her expense. You have nothing to lose. She could be punished for your little act of rebellion.”

My y stomach twisted uncomfortably. I hadn’t thought of the consequences like this. I’d just followed

Julian. Was I truly at risk of being expelled?

“It’s not that big of a deal. I doubt anyone noticed.”

“Everyone noticed you zoom out of here first thing in the morning. They even caught your act on

camera.” He waved toward the front gate, where I remembered seeing the camera crew earlier.

Julian glanced from Nicholas to me, and then back again. His smile turned cat–like.

“Just a short while ago, Piper was telling me that you didn’t care about her anymore. Yet here you are,

coming to her rescue like a perfect knight in shining armor.”

Nicholas stiffened. “I don’t care.”

I lowered my head.

“Then why so serious, dear brother?” Julian asked.

any candidate to

it was Lilliana I had out here, you’d still

his head. “You

I knew I wasn’t special

no less

again and again

let it go, Julian,” I said.

was unreadable. When had he begun to

Nicholas, if Piper gets

So you

between Nicholas and me, Julian laughed again, like everything was a big

Brian approached us, Julian tossed him the keys to the car

the palace.

side of the driveway, and

I began to feel nervous. I rubbed a hand up

“Thank you,” I said.

something over my shoulder, refusing to

for any

should have allowed. I tried to hide my hurt reaction,

could do was

noticed I had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so difficult to think

Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they hadn’t noticed…

hoped they

I was waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into

Finally. There won’t

do you mean?”

summoned to speak with the Luna. Follow me. She

seen her since she was sleeping.

health. Mornings

on her forehead. “You intend to keep your Queen

didn’t have a choice. I would have to trust the nanny to alert

something

corrected. T’ll

me through the palace toward the grand glass double–doors

bushes, I noticed she was taking me closer to

entourage had arranged a tea party in the flower field near the

cushioned chairs and

stables, Nicholas was meeting a girl. Was this another

arranged?

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