The Luna Choosing Game

“How do you plan on getting to this mansion you mentioned?” I asked, once we were out in the hall.

Julian’s Beta, Brian, fell in step behind us. “We can’t take that flashy car again, if we actually want to keep

it secret this time.”

“It would be too conspicuous to drive. Even if we escaped the grounds undetected, the bad guys would

quickly notice our arrival.”

“What’s your plan, then?”

He glanced at me. “Can you ride a horse?”

I haven’t ridden since the academy, but I thought I could still manage somehow. So I nodded.

“Good. We’ll have to sneak there though. Brian?”

Brian widened his stride to walk at Julian’s side. “Yes, Prince Julian?”

“Run interference, yeah?”

“Of course.” Brian increased his pace, breaking ahead of us, likely to block the path of any guards or

we might run into or who would run into

–

began to pour into Julian’s phone

that lead us away from absolutely everyone. We didn’t even see a single servant until we reached the stables themselves, where

two horses for ride.

said with a bow as we approached. They’d been expecting us.

gentler Better for a rider

him the last time I rode, but he’d seemed to surmise it all his own. Julian was like that, noticing things. I wondered if I had any secrets I could

to me quickly. Although in almost every memory, I had been by Nicholas’s side. I felt a bit hollow, not having him here now.

horse, received another text. “Brian is in the security office. We have to go now to avoid being seen on the

out of the paddock. Once we were past the fence, we

boar, they had claimed that no one knew the area around the palace better than them. Julian continued to show that now,

or so, seeing nothing but wilderness, until he finally slowed at the edge of a clearing. I slowed

behind a tree

as large as the palace itself. Someone very

must have lived there.

suddenly I

my