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

mad at her. She clearly wanted to give

but after last night, I wasn’t sure I

kind. I didn’t know if

hold up my end of the bargain,” Nicholas said. “Sometime during this event, I will let

Night.”

enjoy that.

deal is a

leave now, with what he

being led away, over to the dining room for breakfast.

of my family,” Nicholas said. “If it weren’t

had to hunt during the blood moon or cancel

deal helped

when Nicholas was the

worried about Elva. Everything else was

to us, he

concerned, the life

kind, but he

was treating this event, I knew there had to be more going on under the surface than I

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

Elva in our room. I’d swiped a few muffins