The Luna Choosing Game

1 felt the warmth of her hand long after she had removed it.

I followed my father away from the dining room and to his rooms. He did not look back at me once, nor spoke to me until we were behind closed doors.

Once the door had shut behind us, however, he swiveled to glower at me.

“You’ve ignored my summons these past days.”

I had. “There have been many things that required my attention.”

“Matters more important than respecting your King?”

“More important than humoring the tired whims of my father, yes.”

The King’s face went bright red. “How dare you! Who do you think you are?”

I stood my ground. “Tell me you have some reason to want to see me other than Piper.”

He thrust his finger into my chest. “She is a danger, Nicholas. You are not taking this seriously.”

He huffed out a frustrated breath, then turned on his heel again. He placed some distance between us.

“You could have better handled the revelation of your past relationship. You nearly made us the laughing

the kingdom.”

people,” I said. “No one was laughing. If anything. It helped us gain their

respect.”

had no intention of using my relationship with Piper in such a way. I had only wanted to protect her. But if it would help appease my father and therefore get him to lay off Piper, I

would apologize to her

“We need her gone, the sooner

crossed the room, closing some of the distance between my father and

down at

want. I’ve asked Lilliana on another

flames cast shadows across his face. The way you talk about her, Nicholas, is very peculiar. I know she was

Don’t be ridiculous.

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with her, don’t you? You are my oldest son. Regardless what we told

promoters, you are most likely to take my throne

commoner

know better than anyone how much Piper doesn’t

here.”

insist on allowing her to

my head. “The

for example. Think of ways

need

to replace my shared moments in Piper’s presence, with Lilliana instead. It