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

into or who would

–

began to pour into Julian’s phone near

Brian’s instruction, we were able to follow a path that lead us away from absolutely everyone. We didn’t even

horses

bow as we approached. They’d been

mare,” Julian said to me. “She’s gentler Better for

his own. Julian was like that, noticing things. I wondered if I had any secrets I

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 a bit hollow, not having

“Brian is in the security office. We

our horses out of the paddock. Once we were past the fence, we urged our horses to run. I rode in Julian’s shadow as he expertly maneuvered

knew the area around the palace better than them. Julian continued to

hour or so, seeing nothing but wilderness, until he finally slowed

behind a tree line.

as large as the palace

have lived there.

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

my breath