The Luna Choosing Game

“Maybe we should turn back,” Nicholas said.

“Too late now,” Julian said. “We’ve got to be sure.”

“I see light up there, Julian,” Nicholas said. “Dim the flashlight.”

Julian turned to the flashlight to the dimmest setting, and aimed it down at the ground. We had to move

slower than before, so as not to trip. She walked lightly to keep our footsteps from generating noise.

At the end of the tunnel, the walls abruptly stretched open into a room.

A room full of cages. A single tungsten bulb hung down from the ceiling, the only light in the room full of

shadows.

“What the —?” I began to say. Nicholas abruptly covered my mouth. He yanked me back into the

darkness of the tunnel. Julian followed at once, clicking off the flashlight.

A door on the far side of the room cracked open, and in walked Terry beside a man I had never seen

before a man dressed entirely in black with sallow cheeks and dark eyes.

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this room should offer the organization

for my own personal enjoyment in the

at breaking a person’s spirit.”

what of this opening here?” the associate said. With silent steps, he came closer to the

flat against

I held my breath as

so loudly I worried the strange,

I will have much

at me, but he looked away just as quickly. “What we need are more abilities, and the room for

“You would do well

Terry. “You may hold sway in the royal palace, Terry, but in the underground

still

“Ridiculous,” Terry snapped.

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an instant, there was

place one

out his chest. “You dare threaten

man tilted his knife, catching it under the

the underground controls all. This is your home

because we allow it.”

so tightly a muscle ticked in his