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.

since she knew my secrets. I didn’t know why she had to push it further by being such a roadblock in the

bad for us?

“My only problem is that I’m being forced to

held

know. I wouldn’t be surprised if he

here.”

clearly meant Nicholas, though she wasn’t willing to use

overheard.

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

ambassador, and both Julian and Nicholas had lied about me killing the boar.

wasn’t here on my own merits. The thought

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

from me. The same thing everyone else thought too.

Sex.

Didn’t they expect their husbands to be as virtuous as them? Or did they expect any love affairs to stop once the marriage took place?

not care one way

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