The Luna Choosing Game

“That’s enough,” said a firm low voice through the microphone. Nathan had passed it to Nicholas. Please discover all the facts before making accusations. Piper proposed her deal last night. The

announcement about the blood moon did not come in until this morning.”

The second girl relented, lowering her head. “He’s right. She couldn’t have known…”

“But…?” said the first. “Surely the timing was too perfect to be a coincidence.”

“Sorry,” I said. “I don’t tell the future. I don’t have the internet. I just made a guess for the sake of the deal.”

The girls‘ looks of outrage slowly morphed into those of annoyance instead. Gradually, they slipped away from me.

Susie returned to the place she’d been pushed away from. “You okay?”

I shrugged

“Piper,” Nicholas said, approaching me. He’d left the microphone on the stage, back with Nathan.

He stopped when he was before me. “What did the physician say about Elva?” After I told him, he sighed,

“Good.”

Susie glanced between the two of us. Then she pretended to see something and left us. It was a very

obvious show. She was not a good actor.

e some

didn’t know whether to thank her or be mad at her. She clearly wanted

I wasn’t sure I was

I didn’t know if I could handle him

end of the bargain,” Nicholas said. “Sometime during this event,

Night.”

enjoy that.

deal is a

he would leave now, with what he had wanted to say

dining room

of my family,” Nicholas said. “If it weren’t for your bet, we would

blood moon or cancel

Your deal helped

when Nicholas was the one

Elva. Everything

Seeing no one was close to us, he said,

far as I’m concerned, the life of a child sharply outweighs

were kind, but he should not

serious as the royal family was treating this event, I knew there had to be more going on under the surface

to agree or disagree. He just slowly lowered his

to Elva in our room. I’d swiped a few