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.

thoughts of Joseph and Lilliana began to pop up in my head. Joseph, as a traditionalist, already hated my presence in the palace. I knew he was always looking for ways to get me kicked out

to think they might conspire some type of false charge against me, to have me

this time,

but in that

mat.

back hit the cushioned ground and a puff

over me, looking down, Nicholas

on

have to keep your head in the moment, Piper.

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

Then he reached down and offered me his hand. When I accepted

me

you will never

realized my bra had gotten a bit twisted. Through my shirt, I grabbed my cups and

adjust.

be constantly

at him. He

my breasts to readjust the strap

could let go now. But I liked the way he was looking

display: the upper swells of my breasts, the deep valley between them. He might have even seen

it escaped above the cup of my

gaping, with his

Opportunities, he said.

this was

higher still, causing not one, but two nipples to pop free over the top

shut. He

and I fell directly on top of him. I straddled his

a screen to

wide–eyes, like he couldn’t believe what he was doing on the ground

the sight of my nipples addled his

in his pants, pressing up against my

panties felt damp, all

a few times and slowly

to kiss him. I wanted to grind my hips and

to my senses too. This wasn’t

rolled away from him and

created with a solid distraction,” I said, parroting something he had

helped cool some of