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.

or anyone else, to know about it.

my throat, trying

be terribly foolish to feel jealous over a man in

girl here if I wanted to keep him

“More or less,

him an annoyed sideways glance.

challenge?” he asked. Voice lower,

who actually loves

love him.” The words burned the entire length

shrugged. “Could have fooled me.”

Nathan arrived to reclaim wayward Julian and return

as

+15 BONUS

Nathan didn’t move but a couple feet off, waiting for him. Obviously, Nathan didn’t fully trust Julian. That was likely a smart

low again, he

Jullan Nathan said.

back to

full length of his

on my own person. I glanced to

I

me on fire with

faced forward once more,

tables before finally reaching ours. By this time, the sun was

and Linda’s eggs were