The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 93

The Luna audibly gasped. Some of the girls around me started screaming. Guards quickly moved in to usher them from the room. I was urged forward.

“End the program,” the King shouted. “Now.”

The cameras immediately shut off.

Before I could reach the staircase and earn my favor from the prince of my choice, my path was blocked

with a very angry King and Queen,

“Nicholas!” the King shouted.

“What have you done?” the Luna cried.

Nicholas quickly came down the staircase to join me at my side. I stared at him, bewildered.

“You heard the public,” he said. “This is what they wanted, even if you were too bullheaded to see it.”

“Careful,” the King said.

“Piper won the people’s favor. More, she won the game by the rules we’d assigned.”

“I can do one better than that, even,” Julian said, jumping down from the stage. He carried

my broken

bow in his hands. Where had he gotten it? Had his Beta kept it hidden for him?

He threw it down into the space between the King and Queen, and me and Nicholas.

“She excelled even when our own staff tried to have her killed,” Julian said.

“Our staff?” the Luna gasped.

“Who?” the King demanded.

Julian and Nicholas both shifted their gazes to where Lena was tucked in the Queen’s shadow.

Her face went pale.

Julian smirked, “Anything to say, Lena?”

She seemed set, like she had no intention of moving. The Queen herself motioned her forward.

“Is this true?” The Luna motioned to the broken bow. “Is this your doing?”

She did not answer. It seemed even she couldn’t

she said. “I only ever wished to preserve the

the royal throne.”

“Piper could have died had

finishing the contest. I had no reason to believe

that is exactly what happened,” Nicholas said.

Lena bowed.

other. Neither seemed pleased by

happened tonight.

celebration,” the King said. “We will handle this matter

will be reprimanded?”

King said. All eyes looked

yourself out and send

the rest of

the Luna’s command, scrambling from the room.

King rubbed his forehead. “What an

closer. “Great news! The public

for making the

The King pushed him

“We need to move into the second area now,

whispered

that remain,” Nicholas replied, voice just as

appealing at the moment, knowing the King

to send me home

here, Nicholas should have

out to save me. I didn’t begin to know how to thank him, or why

for the night,” I said.

party.

his

me to

like three years ago,

simple request.

well,” I

directed me to join the line of remaining girls. The cameramen were setting up

completed, we waited as a group while hors d’oeuvres were served, as the

was setting up. In the other corner, a water station

over to speak with me, twice he got no farther than, “Piper, if we could…”

he was escorted away by Nathan,

will be available to talk after the King has had his time to speak with each,” Nathan said

forcefully on the second.

the King. The

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