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.

right for any candidate to be disqualified because

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

“You

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

no less each

again and again

it go, Julian,”

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

Nicholas, if Piper

So you can

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

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

the palace.

the side of the driveway, and Brian drove the car back

nervous. I rubbed a hand

“Thank you,” I said.

over

for

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

I could do was escape. “If you’ll

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

Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they hadn’t

really hoped they

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

are. Finally. There won’t be an

do you

speak with the Luna.

first.” I hadn’t seen her since she was sleeping. Reasonable or

about her health. Mornings were sometimes

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

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

something was

corrected. T’ll

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

and bushes, I noticed she was taking me

Queen and her entourage had arranged a tea party in the flower field

out cushioned chairs and a table. Even a

was meeting a girl. Was this another solo date? When had

arranged?

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