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

Julian had already discovered the trigger for the passageway, and an eerie dark opening loomed in the middle of a wall,

large, industrial–style flashlight. He

the tunnel was impossible.

said. “Whatever happens, no one gets

the rules,” Julian said.

each other, and

along the top. Our footsteps on the stone floor echoed down the long, empty corridor. The air

easily frightened by places, but this tunnel felt so old that

the back of

Julian

the tunnel. The light of the room we’d come from

behind us.

flickered. We all stilled.

his voice. A warning that

and

in my throat.

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

and squeezed

the dark,

ways, helped me feel safe

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

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