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.

for any candidate to be disqualified because of your careless

Lilliana I had out here, you’d

his head. “You

felt a crackle in my chest. I knew I wasn’t special to Nicholas anymore, but to have

no less

again and again

go, Julian,”

me, but his expression was unreadable. When had he begun to shield his true self so defensively? He hadn’t been like this when

Julian said. “And Nicholas, if Piper gets into any trouble for this, I’ll take

So you can

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

Julian tossed him the keys to the car and started

the palace.

driveway, and Brian

began to feel nervous. I rubbed a hand up

“Thank you,” I said.

gaze at something over

the same for

I tried to hide my hurt reaction, but I wasn’t as trained at concealing

do was escape. “If you’ll

I was walking away did I noticed I had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way

neither Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe

really hoped they hadn’t

toward my room, but I was waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into my path and stopped, hands

won’t be an

you

“You’ve been summoned to speak with the Luna. Follow me. She is in

on Elva first.” I hadn’t seen her since she was sleeping.

health. Mornings were

Lena’s brows rose high on her forehead. “You intend to

put it like that, I supposed I didn’t have a choice. I

something was

corrected. T’ll

palace toward the grand glass double–doors that led out into the gardens.

bushes, I noticed she was taking me closer

arranged a tea party in the flower field

and a table. Even a table

a girl. Was this another solo

arranged?

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