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

I had little reason to mistrust

of Elva. I believed him when

safe. Really, that was

to one knee to

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

now on, you have

reply, just looked at him with wide

“If you are ever scared, and your mom or Prince Nicholas aren’t around, you

for me, okay? Do

look up at me. At my

his feet. “Are you both headed down

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t it,

lot since the day before, she still seemed nervous,

guards, Mark included.

on her. She

and pushed her

trust them again. At least, the

were loudly chatting about

before I had gone out there. The Queen, it

all of her

none of Elva’s endangerment made it onto television, thank

did not mean