The Luna Choosing Game

The next morning. when I woke up, I headed straight for the window to look at the sky. Fortunately, there

was no cloud in sight. Today, it seemed, I would escape my punishment.

One of these days, however, my luck would run out and I would be forced to kneel in the storm and hope

my body was strong enough to take it.

Elva and I dressed for the day, and hand in hand, we exited our room to head down to breakfast. Just

outside of the room, we were greeted by Mark.

“Piper, Elva.” He turned toward the two guards standing behind him. “From now on, these two will be

personally assigned to you.”

Their uniforms were more or less similar to other guards I’d seen, except these ones had green trim

around their cuffs.

“They are a part of Prince Nicholas’s personal guard,” Mark explained. “You will also find that others on

this floor have been replaced, though these two will be outside your door at all times if you need them.”

The two gave me soft nods. They seemed nice enough, much nicer than my previous guards. And if they

personally vetted by Nicholas, then I had little reason to

of Elva. I believed him when

safe. Really, that was all I

dropped to one knee to talk

Elva. But I can vow to you that

you

looked at him

smile wavered. “If you are ever scared, and your mom

for me, okay? Do you know

look up at me. At my

He rose to his feet. “Are you

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t it,

a lot since the day before, she still seemed nervous, especially

guards, Mark included.

on her. She saw them all as the one

her out of a

trust them again.

the girls were loudly chatting about the previous

gardens before I had gone out there.

do all of her punishing

Elva’s endangerment made it onto television,

it, did not mean the other girls had not