The Luna Choosing Game

I knew this had been part of Julian and Nicholas’s plan to make me untouchable. With the credit of the kill, I became the hero of the hunt. This surely made whatever scheme Lena and Joseph planned backfire spectacularly.

Vindicating, truly, but I wasn’t sure how it made me invincible.

Nicholas had said to trust him, and I did. But I really hated lying like this. I was keeping too many secrets

already, I didn’t want anymore.

When the spectacle was mostly over, Nicholas led me to a stone bench in the gardens and had me sit.

“I will return with the physician,” he said.

A few minutes later, the physician appeared without him. He’d kept his word, and I was honored that he cared enough to seek out the doctor to begin with.

Yet I couldn’t deny the twinge of disappointment I felt inside when he had not joined her.

The physician checked me over. “You should stay off of your ankle as much as you can. I will have a wheelchair brought in to help you to your room. I’ll make sure you are provided with crutches as well, if

you’d prefer.”

the schedule for a few days until the night of the first elimination

issue.

she helped me up to my room. I thanked her

for that too.

she saw me in the wheelchair. But when she learned I was more or less fine, she was excited to ride the chair

was there to attend us

to be seen.

to the

won’t be returning by royal orders,” the maid said “I hope that I will be

now on.”

are enough,” J sald quickly. My

leaned forward. “Prince Nicholas gave the order himself.”

pounded against my ribcage. He was personally seeing to my protection yet again. I pressed my hand to my chest, trying for calm. It

however.