The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 72

“9?” someone gasped.

I agreed, that seemed like so many people to be eliminated all at once!

“9,” Nathan confirmed. “When you are eliminated, you are to pack your bags and immediately vacate the premises. There will be cars waiting to escort you home. There will be no arguments or reconsiderations.”

A rising mumble roused again, as the girls whispered to one another.

Many of them turned to look at me.

“The first one to go…”

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I tried to ignore them.

Soon, they stopped paying attention to me, and instead cast their dagger eyes at each other.

After Nathan’s announcement, many ‘accidents‘ seemed to consistently happen amongst the

candidates.

Spilled drinks. “How clumsy of me.”

Tripping. “You should really watch your step.”

Torn dresses. “Didn’t you notice that nail sticking out there?”

It seemed that with the quickly approaching elimination, the girls had begun to turn on one another.

Olivia and Linda were the most vicious, though neither seemed to take any action themselves. Rather, they relied on their alliances to defend them and carry out acts of subterfuge. Yet it was clear who the

masterminds were.

Fortunately for me, no one took me seriously, and they didn’t even bother hiding it.

One girl had been ready to ruin my dress with an opened lipstick case, until she realized it was me.

Sorry, Piper.”

“It’s fine.” I was happy to be considered unimportant enough to be left alone.

The next night, a banquet was held. Yet before we had even sat down, the fighting between Olivia and Linda had reached a boiling point. Though they never raised their voices, their sniping at each other had

turned lethal.

“Is that a new dress, Linda? I’m sure I saw it on sale last season.

“Oh, Olivia, you must have trouble telling the decades apart, which would explain your hairstyle.”

Olivia and Linda smiled tightly at each other.

Then, Olivia ‘tripped‘ and spilled her red wine all down the front of Linda’s mauve gown.

“Oops. How terribly clumsy of me.” Olivia held out a tissue. “This might help.

Linda’s face turned red. “Why, you!” She moved to slap Olivia, but Olivia ducked out of the way just in

time.

standing just behind her.

Nicholas caught Linda’s wrist,

all the way to

was absolutely

are embarrassing yourself,” he said,

managed to form coherent words. Instead, she just

out of the room.

girls made soft noises of excitement, and

she

herteme

With this poor showing, she might drop far enough to be

him for stopping that slap. It would have hurt

But he spoke

aware of your

my tongue. Did he just

said, snidely, making it

his eyes

between us. “Piper,

at Julian like he was

  1. uh. The sudden question made my head spin. I already sat across from Julian. Why would he ask

me to move closer?

he motioned to the chair I would be moving to. My previous spot

sight of the Luna

of those chairs would be filled by Julian himself, who could easily deflect any hostility from

Nicholas. “You don’t have a

at his cuffs.

don’t know.” Julian

“9?” someone gasped.

many people

pack your bags and immediately vacate the premises. There will be

as the girls whispered to

turned to

one to

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tried to

paying attention to me, and instead cast their

seemed to consistently happen

candidates.

“How

should really

you notice that

that with the quickly approaching elimination, the girls

were the most vicious, though neither seemed to take any action themselves. Rather, they relied on their alliances to defend them and carry out

masterminds were.

took me seriously, and they didn’t even

been ready to ruin my dress with an opened lipstick case, until she realized it

Sorry, Piper.”

be

down, the fighting between Olivia and Linda

turned lethal.

a new dress, Linda? I’m sure I

trouble telling the decades apart, which would

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