The Luna Choosing Game

Five minutes after that, I excused myself from the party when Mark called for me.

As I headed to the door, I nearly tripped over my feet, spotting Nicholas waiting there.

“Prince Nicholas,” I said. “What a surprise.”

“You wanted to go to the store?” he asked me

I glanced at Mark, but he just stared back brightly, like nothing was

“I surely can’t ask a prince to run errands with me,” I said.

wrong.

Nicholas shrugged like it was no big deal. “It would be good to get away for a while.” He turned away

before I could think to argue. I hurried to slip on my shoes, grab a light jacket, and chase after him into the

hallway.

He drove us away from the palace in one of the less flashy sedans. It was black with tinted windows.

“If Julian had any sense, he would use one of these to sneak out properly,” Nicholas said.

remembering our great escape of a first date. “Most of

bad boy persona,

you into it,” Nicholas

a way of bringing me straight into trouble, but I

him and our outings, I was able to feel my wolf

be all bad,”

hardened. He said nothing more, just glared out the front

to town.

fabric store, we had to pass through a portion

run–down cars,

Nicholas had started driving, but

now, making

Nicholas said. “A lady shouldn’t have to witness such an unseemly part of

different from what I’m used

to glance at me. Then a second time. “You’re serious.

about that? Or had that just been

like this. Over the past few years, there’s been such an

are homeless. I’ve had to work two or three jobs sometimes

over

or three jobs?” Nicholas repeated like he didn’t quite

I

worse off if I didn’t find such a good person to room with. Anna has helped

her for. I’ll be indebted to her the