The Luna Choosing Game

I glanced back at Susie. Looking at me, she crossed her fingers. If we could somehow manage to be together, that would be most ideal.

But no. Too quickly, Susie was called to be paired with someone else.

“Next we have Piper…”

I sucked in a breath. My remaining options weren’t great, but hopefully I wouldn’t be paired with

“And Linda.”

In the kitchen, Linda and I glared at each other. We were supposed to be going through the offered cookbooks, searching for the finger foods of our choice, but neither of us had touched them yet.

Other girls around us were chattering and laughing, working together as intended.

When I reached for one of the books, Linda scoffed, “You would.”

“What’s your problem?” I snapped, unable to stand the tension anymore.

it further by being

bad for

her arms, she didn’t seem to care. “My only problem is that I’m being forced to work alongside. you, the absolute embarrassment of the competition.”

held my

makes me wonder now, knowing what I know. I wouldn’t be surprised if he conspired to

here.”

she clearly meant Nicholas, though she wasn’t willing to use his name, probably in

overheard.

wasn’t wrong exactly.

both Julian and Nicholas had lied about me killing

truly wasn’t here on my own merits. The thought gave me no comfort at

“How naive of you, if you hadn’t realized it before. I don’t know what he wants from you, Piper, though I can guess. But even you can’t be

what she thought Nicholas really wanted from me. The

Sex.

kept me around for camal pleasures. Didn’t they expect their husbands to be as

they simply not care one way or

of the girls, many who had survived the elimination had made their previous opinions known. They didn’t care which prince they ended up with, they just wanted to be Luna. If they were so single–minded in