The Luna Choosing Game

I tried to pull my eyes away just to prove him wrong. Too quickly, I was looking again.

“She’s the King and Queen’s favorite,” Jullan said.

“Your brother’s, too.” I tried to keep the distain from my voice, but I was a poor actor. I was certain that it

shone on through,

“Maybe.” Julian studied me now, the others apparently forgotten. “I’m not so sure.”

“He wouldn’t let just anyone hand–feed him.” I crossed my arms.

Julian tilted his head. “Why, Piper. If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were jealous.”

His words startled me and my eyes went wide.

Jealous? No, that couldn’t be right. What Nicholas and I had was done and over with long ago.

Except it wasn’t. At least, not for me. My recent fantasies of Nicholas as my husband and father to Elva

proved it.

But to be jealous here, now, in the midst of this competition? I had not recognized the churn in my

stomach and tightness in my chest for what it truly was.

Yes, I was jealous.

I wanted Julian, or anyone else, to know about

trying to collect myself.

have to be terribly foolish to

off every girl here if I wanted to keep

hummed. “More or less,

glance. He just

he asked. Voice lower, for my ears only, he added,

he deserve someone who actually

burned the entire length of

“Could have fooled

reclaim wayward Julian and

to remain as a unit,” Nathan

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to return, though Nathan didn’t move but a couple feet off, waiting for him. Obviously, Nathan

for myself.” Voice low again, he

Jullan Nathan said.

and followed Nathan back to

of

two hateful eyes on my own person. I glanced to my

I

light me on fire with her

forward once more, ignoring

tables before finally

and Linda’s eggs were looking a bit dry.