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 be disqualified because of your

candidate, huh? So if it was Lilliana I had out here, you’d still

his head. “You are such

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

less each

again and again

it go, Julian,” I

glanced at me, but his expression was unreadable. When had he begun to shield his true self so defensively?

if Piper gets into any trouble for

you

laughed again, like everything was a big

Brian approached us, Julian tossed him the keys

the palace.

the driveway, and Brian drove the car

I began to feel nervous.

“Thank you,” I said.

his gaze at something over

same for

tried to hide my hurt

could do was escape. “If you’ll

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

neither Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they hadn’t

really hoped

toward my room, but I was waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into

Finally. There won’t be

you mean?”

with

check on Elva first.” I hadn’t seen her since she was sleeping. Reasonable or not,

about her health.

rose high on her forehead. “You

like that, I supposed I didn’t have a choice. I would have to trust the nanny to

something was

corrected. T’ll

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

weaved through the flowers and bushes, I noticed

had arranged a tea party in the flower field near

and

Nicholas was meeting a girl. Was this

arranged?

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