The Luna Choosing Game

Nicholas

I stood before the King in his chambers. He was angrily pacing the length of the room. Back and forth,

back and forth. Occasionally he would stop to shout at me, but he’d always break himself off, unfinished,

and continue pacing.

“How could you think –?”

“You deliberately disobeyed –!”

“What do I even –?”

A few minutes in, his face was turning red, and my mother, the Luna was forced to intervene. She stood

in his path to keep him from pacing, then whispered into his ear.

I never totally understood their relationship. My mother was a private person. And though the two of

them often gave compliments to each other, any meaningful conversations only went on behind closed

doors.

knowing them both my entire life, I had no idea if they even liked each other at all,

marriage was a show

few deep breaths. He nodded at my mother, and

Piper after I specifically told you not

his voice, occasionally leading to a twitch in his eyebrow or a downward curl of his

not belong

is honest and genuine, with a sick child we are helping to

“She deserves to be as much – if not more than anyone else.”

–

—

threw his hands up.

be a fine person without being

event

being biased because she was common. I wanted to help them see without directly calling them out. To

could never be

King huffed in the Queen’s direction. “He’s

can do to good people. It’s not just for the sake of the kingdom that I caution you, but for her sake, too. She

in my heart, I knew she spoke true. Piper could be

the burden of a cruel world would press down on her.

to protect

had enough problems, with her sister and her wolf, and poor little Elva’s illness. She didn’t

want me to do,” I