The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 184

After Nicholas and Julian said my name, many things happened all at once.

My breath was so shaky I felt lightheaded.

The King and Queen both jumped to their feet in outrage.

Many of the remaining girls descended from their standing places to complain aggressively to the

producers and Nathan and anyone who would listen.

“We were cheated!” one of them shouted.

“How can Piper be chosen twice?” cried another.

“This is rigged!” said a third.

One of the producers weaved through the angry crowd to whisper in my ear. “Go on, Piper. Go get your

prince.”

I started forward but immediately hesitated. The problem, of course, was that two princes had chosen

  1. me. Now I had to choose one of them.

If I was true to my heart, I would go for Nicholas. But he already had so many prospects. I’d be shooting

myself in the foot by going to him. Julian was the safer choice, by numbers alone, though his

unpredictability, like his recent disappearance, kept him from being the obvious one.

I was torn, but in the end, I decided to go with my heart. I walked up the stairs to Nicholas. I held out my

hand to thank him and he took mine in both of his.

“Thank you,” I said. His gaze was steady on mine. It lacked the heat from that night, but not the intensity.

Td never leave you behind,” he said softly, so only I could hear it.

Behind us, the King’s ravings were growing louder.

“End the show,” Nathan said at once, threatening a producer. He waved to the cameramen, and the

shut off at once.

quickly ushered me behind him, just in time as

and your brother have

father Nicholas said, standing

and he

by the stairs.

this in

at once, though his face remained red as a cherry tomato. “Yes. Correct as ever, dearest.” He pointed at

both diligently followed their father. Joyce did too, trailing behind. When the royal family exited the room, the tension in the

out

and Olivia turned their attention to me.

the accomplishment for someone like you to reach this

imagine it in your

compliment, meant primarily to insult me.

statesman,” Lilliana chimed

daggers at me. “He keeps you around knowing it inspires the commoners. Of course, you must

to be the bigger

off

us rely on luck,” Olivia said. “Others have enough talents

depend on luck.”

should enjoy what time you have left, Piper.” Lilliana offered me a fake smile. “Many of the girls

sure they might even work together to make

selected

of Lilliana, Olivia, or any of the girls here, and I’d already survived much of

Lilliana to at least let

before, but I wasn’t going to be intimidated.

I’d been planning on going home.

me feel like I was in

threats of these girls would not ruin this

knew they weren’t truly

you both for your concern, but I’m sure I will be

I wasn’t truly grateful But it would be rude for me to simply snub them, and though

would rather they think they hadn’t affected me at

claiming our attention. “If you will follow me to the ballroom, we will have

that the unchosen girls had been escorted from the room. I

among them.

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