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

when we

and an eerie dark opening loomed in the middle of a wall, hiding behind an

his hand, Julian carried a large, industrial–style flashlight. He clicked

was impossible. The stretch

“Whatever happens, no

rules,” Julian

I looked at each other,

the stone

places, but this tunnel felt so old that it had become alive.

of my neck

close,” Julian said.

of the room

behind us.

We all stilled.

warning in his voice. A warning that would come far too

light flickered again, and then went

caught in my

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

mine and squeezed

the dark, but having them so close, each offering comfort

ways, helped me feel

lowered his hand again and smacked the flashlight. The light flickered

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