The Luna Choosing Game

Love has no place in royalty.” Nicholas tilted his head down and lowered his gaze. “I will be forced to

marry the best Luna candidate in the Choosing Game. I can only hope that, at the very least, perhaps a

sense of friendship will blossom later.”

“And Lilliana is the best?” I asked.

He sighed. “She is the one my father has chosen for now. It could change over the course of the

competition. His whims can be fickle. But what would it matter? They are more or less all the same.”

My heart broke at his words. Hearing this usually confident man so… complacent – so accepting of such

an unwelcomed fate – tugged at my emotions.

1 want children,” he continued. “I believe that my life will be fulfilled enough with family, even if I can’t be

with a partner I would have truly wished for.”

I shook my head, refusing to accept it. “No one should turn away from their heart so fully.”

“I don’t have any choice, Piper.”

I took him by the arm and shook him. He was well–muscled, he only wobbled a bit and likely only to

appease me.

are King, you can –”

need to be married

a bit. But it still couldn’t be hopeless. There had to be some way for Nicholas to appease his

may be.

surely I would be able to contain it if I

match in both generosity, spirit, and heart.

fit those qualifications. Except

her own

any choice,” Nicholas

“I

sighed. “You’ve always been

when it comes to you. I care about you too much to see

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gaze lifted to me. Under the bright sunlight, the green flecks in his eyes seemed to sparkle.

these girls had to be alright, somewhere under the surface.

sad, and didn’t

to be

“Because the King chose her?

gaze lingered on me a beat longer in silence, before he

dropped it away.

too near us. I glanced up