The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 212

The wait for midnight was nearly unbearable, but when it finally arrived, I left Elva sleeping in the bed,

and sneaked out into the hallway.

Mark was standing there with two other guards. He typically wore a serious expression, but today he

seemed especially grim. He must have shared Nicholas’s frustration with the plan.

“Be careful tonight. If anything happened to you…” He let the words hang.

I was confused. Surely the safety of his prince was more important than me. But he didn’t say anything

more. Instead, he just stared at me expectantly.

“ll be careful,” I said.

He nodded.

Turning from him, I started down the hallway. Nicholas met me halfway. He didn’t say anything, just offered his arm. I slid my arms in his and together we walked down toward the kitchens and into the

cellar.

Brian was guarding the door to one of the rooms there, the one containing the passage. He stepped

we

in the middle of a wall, hiding behind an empty bookcase that

large, industrial–style flashlight. He clicked it on.

with the light of the flashlight, seeing the end of the tunnel was impossible. The stretch of the tunnel was long, and the darkness eventually

together,” Nicholas said. “Whatever happens, no one

Julian said. He

other,

the stone floor echoed down the long, empty

easily frightened by places, but this tunnel felt so

of

Julian said.

tunnel. The light of the

behind us.

flickered. We all stilled.

Nicholas said, a warning in his voice. A warning that would

and

in my

and Julian and touched Nicholas’s chest with one hand and Julian’s shoulder

and

a dark, creepy place in the dark, but having them so close,

helped me feel

again and smacked the flashlight. The light flickered again, blinding,

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