The Luna Choosing Game

“I can tell by the look on your face that you’ve been thinking about me,” Terry said.

My stomach twisted. The champagne I had enjoyed only a moment ago soured in my mouth.

Susie shrunk, half–hiding behind me. Terry didn’t even look at her, his entire attention was focused on

1. me.

I didn’t reply to him. I simply stood there trying not to be sick on the ballroom floor.

Terry didn’t seem to mind. He continued on without even a dent to his smile.

“Congratulations, Piper. You’ve enamored two different brothers. No simple act. Though I can

understand why they are taken with you.”

I swallowed down the rising bile in my throat. “Thank you.” It was all I could manage. I knew what lied beyond his friendly façade, and now that the image of him had been permanently tainted, I struggled to

rebuild my own fake friendly face to deal with him.

“You must forgive me,” he said. “Our time was cut so short the last time we were together. But I am

hoping we can claim more along time again soon.”

rather not,” I said quickly.

that my words turned a few heads around me. People

They were judging

and softened my tone. “The competition organizers keep us all very

possibly find time…”

you. Don’t forget who

any time and no one would say a

few onlookers laughed, like Terry had said something charming and not unbelievably creepy.

them exactly, since they didn’t know what Terry had tried to do

couldn’t see how

myself in it. Anything to get

time together, Piper” Softer, so the eavesdroppers couldn’t hear, he added, 1

tone and the unwanted fire in his eyes as he dragged his

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I drew courage from the knowledge that he couldn’t touch me here, even

everyone would

lifted my chin, and told him, “You are going to be disappointed, because

I’ll let you think what you want. But no one

I get

was a much greater threat than those given to me