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

Nicholas, then I had little reason to

Nicholas seemed fond of Elva. I believed

Really, that was all I could

dropped to one knee to talk to

you, Elva. But I can vow to you that it will never

now on, you

didn’t reply, just looked

ever scared, and your mom or Prince Nicholas aren’t

for me, okay? Do you know my

my nod, she gave

said, smile restored. He rose to his feet. “Are you both headed

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t it,

since the day before, she

guards, Mark included.

were lost on her. She saw them all as

and pushed her out of a

in time, she would come to trust them

the girls were loudly

before I had gone out there. The Queen, it seemed,

do all of

meant that none of Elva’s endangerment made it onto television, thank goodness. However,

it, did not mean the other girls had not heard