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.

cards here, since she knew my secrets. I didn’t know why she had to push it further by being such a

for

to care. “My only problem is that I’m being forced to work alongside. you,

held my own

knowing what I know. I

here.”

wasn’t willing to use his name, probably in case someone

overheard.

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

the ambassador, and both Julian and Nicholas

I truly wasn’t here on my own merits.

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 you can’t be so foolish as to think you’ll actually win

from me. The same

Sex.

me around for camal pleasures. Didn’t they expect their husbands to be as virtuous as them? Or did they expect any love affairs to stop once the marriage

simply not care one way or the other?

known. They didn’t care which prince they ended up with, they just wanted to be Luna. If they were so single–minded