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 and preparing them for

storage.

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

morning, Charlotte and I were adding the finishing touches to the garden party dresses for me and Elva. She was sewing on the ruffled trim with the sewing machine, while I

“about your other

days, she had

her go from the palace staff, but she was able

I had worried that she was trapped in a dungeon somewhere.

less stressful.” Charlotte picked at a straw thread.

“I’m glad to hear she is safe and well. I’ve been thinking of

her, she

the palace might be against

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

of these hardships.”

nothing compared to

past.

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

basic needs, which in the past

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