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

by Nicholas, then I had little reason to

fond of Elva. I believed

was all I

to one knee to talk to

for the things that happened to you, Elva. But I

on, you have

just looked at him

ever scared, and your mom or

Do

me. At my nod, she gave him her attention again.

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

cort your

sick, wouldn’t

she had calmed down a lot since the day before,

guards, Mark included.

differences in their outfits were lost on her.

pushed her out of a

she would come to trust them again. At least,

the girls were loudly chatting about the

I had gone out there. The Queen, it

all of

endangerment made it

cameras didn’t catch it, did not mean the