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.

she had to push it further by being such a roadblock in

bad for us?

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

always held my

knowing what I know. I wouldn’t be surprised if he

here.”

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

overheard.

well, she wasn’t wrong exactly. Mark had given me the hint to

favor with the ambassador, and both Julian and Nicholas

here on my own merits. The thought gave me no comfort at all.

can tell you are realizing I’m right,” Linda said. “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

really wanted from me. The same thing everyone else thought

Sex.

they’d only kept me around for camal pleasures. Didn’t they expect their husbands

not care

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 that goal, would they be willing