The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 87

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.”

until the night of the first elimination ceremony. This would give me enough time to

issue.

the physician. Once the wheelchair was brought, she helped me up to my room. I thanked her

for that too.

the wheelchair. But when she learned I was more or less fine, she

only the quiet maid was there to attend us now. The

to be

to the other

by royal orders,” the maid said “I hope that I will be enough to

now on.”

enough,” J sald

Nicholas gave the

He was personally seeing to my protection yet again. I pressed my hand to my chest, trying for calm. It didn’t mean anything. I couldn’t quite get my heart to slow,

however.

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