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.

do. When you are King,

married to be

had forgotten about that and deflated a bit. But it still couldn’t be hopeless. There had to be some way for Nicholas to

may be.

jealousy, surely I would be able to contain it if I knew Nicholas was

his match in both

no one here truly seemed to fit those qualifications. Except perhaps Susie, but she was

her

have any

“I

sighed. “You’ve always been

but… “Especially when it comes to you. I care about you

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the bright sunlight, the green flecks in his eyes seemed to sparkle. He was unbelievably handsome. I could easily stare at him

someone,” I said. One of these girls had to be alright,

gave me a tight–lipped smile. It was sad, and didn’t last more

be Lilliana,” he

pulled together. “Because the King chose her? Surely anyone

His gaze lingered on

dropped it away.

said a voice too near us. I glanced