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.

my secrets. I didn’t know why she had to push it further by being such a roadblock in the challenge. Didn’t she understand that if we butted

for us?

arms, she didn’t seem to care. “My only problem is that I’m being forced to

have always held my

makes me wonder now, knowing what I know. I wouldn’t be surprised

here.”

she wasn’t willing to use his name, probably

overheard.

wrong exactly. Mark had given me the hint to help

favor with the ambassador, and both Julian and Nicholas had

here on my own merits. The thought

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

she thought Nicholas really wanted from me.

Sex.

pleasures. Didn’t they expect their husbands to be as virtuous as them? Or did they expect

they simply not care one way or the

opinions known. They didn’t care which prince they ended up with, they just wanted to be Luna. If they