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

vetted by Nicholas, then I

of Elva. I believed him when he said he

was all

Mark dropped to one knee

the things that happened to you, Elva. But I can vow to you

on, you have

looked at him with

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

okay? Do you

up at me. At my nod, she gave

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

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t

since the day before, she still seemed

guards, Mark included.

differences in their outfits were lost on her. She saw them all as the one

pushed her out of

to trust

the girls were loudly chatting about the previous

banned from the gardens before I had gone out there.

do all of

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

it, did not mean