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.

on

storage.

very carefully did not think about what just happened, or what it

were adding the finishing touches to the garden party dresses for me and Elva. She was sewing on the

have news,” Charlotte said, “about your

had seemed to only

from the palace staff, but she

relief. I had worried that she

it. It’s less stressful.” Charlotte picked at a

she is

I spoke to her, she seemed worried

the palace might be against you”

a smile. “And that’s what matters. With the support I do

any of these hardships.”

compared to

past.

my head, food for both Elva and me, and proper medical treatment for Elva.

had to endure was secondary to those basic needs, which in the past had either been denied

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