The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0219

“I’ve told the guards everything I know,” Lilliana said. “They’ll be watching you. Joseph himself just assured me of it.”

I shook my head. I had no idea what she was up to this time, but I was tired of the schemes and lies. How many manipulative games would I have to endure during this competition? Every day, it felt like a new threat was emerging, oftentimes trivial, and I grew tired of dealing with it.

Especially when more pressing, life–threatening issues were just around the corner.

I had no patience for whatever new game Lilliana had concocted. Plus, when I looked at her, my anger spiked. I recognized the shade of lipstick she wore as the same that had marked Nicholas’s lips.

Nicholas had said it hadn’t meant anything. I wondered if the same was true for Lilliana…

“I don’t know what you are talking about,” I said.

“You can play dumb all you want,” Lilliana said. “We’ll let Joseph sort out all the truth. But no one is

buying your bullshit anymore, Piper.”

I blinked, surprised by her break of character. Since when did Lilliana swear?

As I watched her, open mouthed, she swiveled on her heel and stormed away. She pushed straight past

Susie, who had just started to emerge into the hallway.

“What was that about?” Susie asked me.

I didn’t exactly know how to answer, because truthfully I had no idea. “Same old drama,” I said, because

that at least, seemed to be the nature of it.

Yet even so, I felt a chill run up my spine. I felt like someone was watching me.

I glanced behind me quickly, but no one was there.

After last night, I had felt more on edge than ever before.

Was this feeling just my imagination?

That afternoon I met Nicholas in the gym for more self–defense exercises. We utilized the mats this

time, and took turns throwing each other down to the ground. I was thrown much more than I threw, but I felt like I was starting to get the hang of it a little at least.

already hated my presence in the palace.

wasn’t out of the realm of possibility to think they might conspire some type of false charge against me,

time, and I was asked to

I had been meant to be grappling, but in that moment, Nicholas easily toppled me onto

mat.

a puff of

me, looking down, Nicholas crossed

lot on

keep your head in the moment, Piper. You can’t

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

he reached down

me

have a wolf, you will never have a natural advantage

bit twisted. Through my shirt, I grabbed my cups and

adjust.

to be constantly looking…

off, I glanced up at him. He was staring at my chest,

breasts to readjust

But I liked the way he

my u–neck tank–top, pushing up my breasts placed much of my cleavage on more obvious display: the upper swells of my breasts, the deep valley

where it escaped above

was openly gaping, with his mouth ajar

Opportunities, he said.

this was

two nipples to pop free over the top of my bra and

shut. He swallowed

me off balance and I fell directly on top of him. I straddled his waist, my thighs on either side of his hips. My hands hit the mat on either side

from the tie, and created a screen to hide our faces from the rest of

up at me with wide–eyes, like he couldn’t believe what he was doing on the ground all

Had the sight of my

felt some movement in his pants, pressing up against my core. This position aroused

too. My panties felt damp,

blinked a few times and slowly recovered.

I wanted to grind my hips and make

slowly I returned to my senses too. This

I rolled away from him and bounced up onto

solid distraction,” I said, parroting something

Thinking of the training helped cool some of