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

thank her or be mad at her. She clearly wanted to

after last night, I wasn’t sure I

if

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

Night.”

enjoy that.

deal is a

leave now, with what he had wanted to say sald. Instead he

being led away, over to the dining room for

thank you on behalf of my family,” Nicholas said. “If

cancel

Your deal helped us save

especially when Nicholas was the one to try

worried about Elva.

no one was close to us, he said, “Caring

if not more so. As far as I’m concerned, the life

kind, but he should not give

is important.” Not as important as Elva, true, but with as serious as the royal family was treating this event, I knew there had to be more going on under the

didn’t reply, to agree or disagree. He just

in our room. I’d swiped a few muffins for her on the chance she might be hungry, tucked into the pockets of my