The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 124

Nicholas’s mouth was so close. As I looked at it, he licked his lips. I licked mine in reply. We leaned

closer, closer, dangerously close..

Then the oven timer dinged.

We immediately straightened, snapping away from each other. Nicholas turned, coughing into his hand.

I reached for the oven mitts and pulled the finished stuffed mushrooms from the oven.

With the tray safely on the counter, I couldn’t find the courage to look at him again.

He cleared his throat. “Nostalgia does tricky things to the mind.”

“It does,” I agreed, thankful for the safe retreat his words offered.

“I should go now.” He took a step, then paused. “Goodnight, Piper.”

“Goodnight.”

I didn’t move again until his footsteps disappeared from the kitchen. Even after he was gone, I needed a moment to get my heartbeat under control.

touches on my stuffed mushrooms

storage.

did not think about what just happened, or what it might mean.

and Elva. She was sewing

said, “about your other

up to me now, in the early days, she had seemed to only barely tolerate me. The overly–friendly one had helped me feel more at ease right away.

let her go from the palace staff, but she was able to find another position in a

I had worried that she

enjoying it. It’s less stressful.” Charlotte

God,” I said. “I’m glad to hear she is safe and well. I’ve

spoke to her, she

of the palace

a smile. “And that’s what matters. With

of

appetizers were nothing compared to the hardships I had endured in

past.

both Elva and me, and proper medical treatment for Elva. Any

basic needs, which in the past had either been denied

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