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

seemed fond of Elva. I believed him when

Really, that was all I could

one

to you, Elva. But I can vow to you that it will

on, you have

didn’t reply, just looked at him

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

for me, okay? Do you know

up at me. At my nod, she gave

He rose to his feet. “Are

cort your

be sick, wouldn’t it,

she had calmed down a lot since the day

guards, Mark included.

their outfits were lost on her. She saw them all as

and pushed her out of

in time, she would come to trust them again. At least, the

the girls were loudly chatting about the previous day’s

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

all of her punishing in

Elva’s endangerment made it onto television, thank goodness.

did not mean the