I should have known better.

He stood from the bed. “There are many girls here who would make good Lunas. Olivia is perhaps the

strongest of the group.”

I don’t know what I had been expecting, but my stomach still twisted uncomfortably as he spoke

other girls.

“She’s beautiful and cunning. And she has a strong following in the public. Lilliana has the proper

demeanor. And then there’s –”

“Okay, that’s enough. I get the picture.”

Nicholas shrugged, as if to say, you asked.

I regretted that choice.

“Rest now,” Nicholas said. “I’ll send my physician to check on you.”

Without another word, he walked to the door and left me.

the

I was so confused. His rescue had been daring. For a moment, I had almost convinced myself that he

me. But then when

of duty. Maybe he would have done the same

girls.

The mixed messages were hard to decipher,

even certain what I wanted

help me sort through it, but I had no way

had no idea how she was paying for my half of the rent

I wondered what they were

call her, but that was impossible. Since my phone

way to communicate with the

helped bring

I could

you are so sure you are going to be eliminated – which,

enjoy every second you are there. Eat that good food. Walk through those

she

at her imaginary antics,

shortness of luck, I was able to recover by the next

sniffles and a headache, but no fever. It felt

Elva safe from my sickness, she was set up in another room for now with a

her side at

her, but I’d never dare chance passing my

suffer a much worse

slight illness could not keep me away from my other responsibilities of the game,

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