The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 169

People didn’t just vanish

Bookcase after bookcase lined the walls I gently dragged my fingers over the spines. Some of the books seemed ancient, others newer. They sat side by side on the shelfs, a balance of new and old.

When I reached the wall behind the couch, I noticed, there on the ground, a tiny bit of black sticking out from under the bottom former of one of the bookcases. I knelt down and pried it away from the furniture.

I

It was a small black feather, just like the ones that had graced the shoulders of the mysterious woman’s

So she was here.

I knew she was real, but to have the extra validation did wonders for my tired mind.

The fact that the feather was under the bookcase Could that mean there was a secret passage here?

I

Tucking the feather into my pocket, I searched closer. No books were jutting out further than the rest. The sconces didn’t budge when I tugged them. If this was a secret door, the trigger to open it wasn’t as obvious as something that would be in the movies. Still, there had to be something.

I continued searching, running my hands along the wooden dividers of the shelves.

Piper?

I nearly jumped out of my skin.

Behind me, Nicholas walked into the room. He was handsome in a three–piece suit, and his piercing gaze stole my breath a moment.

In another life, this could have been the perfect spot for a secret tryst. As it was, he had caught me somewhere I had no place or permission to be.

servants told me they saw you come down this way,” he said. Inwardly, I cursed myself. I hadn’t been careful enough! “What are you doing

him closely. He didn’t seem particularly annoyed that I was here. His face wasn’t that neutral. Instead, one of his brows curled

Women?

we had been in this

Chapter 0169

didn’t just vanish.

walls. I gently dragged my fingers over the spines. Some of the

ancient, others newer. They sat side by side on

ion out

there

former of one of the bookcases. I knelt down and pried it away from

ones

dress.

was here.

real, but to have the extra validation did wonders for

was under the bookcase. Could

pocket, I searched closer. No books were jutting out further than the rest. The sconces didn’t budge when I tugged them. If this

hands along the

“Piper?”

out of

Nicholas walked into the room. He was handsome in a three–piece suit, and his piercing gaze stole my

tryst. As it was, he

down this way,” he said. Inwardly, I cursed myself. I hadn’t been careful enough! “What

I was here. His face wasn’t that neutral. Instead, one

Worried?

we had been in this room

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