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.

the finishing touches on my stuffed

storage.

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

and Elva. She was sewing on the ruffled trim with the sewing machine, while I

said, “about your

certainly opened up to me now, in the early days, she had seemed to only barely tolerate me. The overly–friendly

let her go from the palace staff,

in relief. I had worried that

It’s less stressful.” Charlotte picked

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

of those things. When I spoke to her, she seemed worried about you,

of the palace might be against you”

giving her a smile. “And that’s what matters. With the support

any of these

nothing compared to the hardships I had endured in the

past.

both Elva and me, and proper medical treatment for

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

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