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

might run into or who would run

–

began to pour into Julian’s phone near

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

preparing two horses

with a bow as we approached.

Julian said to me. “She’s gentler Better for a rider out of practice.”

own. Julian was like that, noticing things. I wondered if

the stirrup and mounted the mare. Once I was in the saddle, my horse–riding days returned to me quickly. Although in almost every memory, I had been by Nicholas’s side. I felt

is in the security office. We have to go now to avoid being seen

lead, we rode our horses out of the paddock. Once we were past the fence, we urged our horses to run. I rode

claimed that no one knew the area around the palace better than them.

he finally slowed at the edge of a clearing. I slowed my own horse beside his,

behind a

mansion, almost as

have

Julian who it was, when suddenly I felt something, like a pull in my

stole my breath