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,

need to be married to be

There had to be some way for Nicholas to appease his family while still marrying the

may be.

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

who was his match in both generosity, spirit, and heart.

to fit those qualifications. Except perhaps Susie,

with her own

don’t have any choice,” Nicholas said.

I told him. “I

“You’ve always been stubborn.”

comes to you. I care about you too much to

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the green flecks in his eyes seemed to sparkle. He was unbelievably handsome. I could easily

alright, somewhere under the surface. If 1 really looked closely,

smile. It was sad, and didn’t last more than a second

has to be Lilliana,” he

together. “Because the King chose her? Surely anyone here would

gaze lingered on me a beat longer in silence,

dropped it away.

said a voice too near us. I glanced up