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

to think they might conspire some type of false charge against

it actually worked this time, and I

to be grappling, but in that moment, Nicholas easily toppled

mat.

cushioned ground and a

over me, looking down, Nicholas crossed his

on my

keep your head in the

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

sighed and unhooked his arms. Then he reached down and offered me his hand. When

me

wolf, you will never have a natural advantage in a fight,”

a bit twisted.

adjust.

constantly looking… for

up at him. He was staring at my chest, specifically where I

breasts to readjust the strap

straightened it. I could let go now. But I

display: the upper swells of my breasts,

it escaped above

with

Opportunities, he said.

was a perfect

unnecessarily pushed my breasts higher still, causing not one, but two nipples to pop free over the top of my bra and the

shut.

onto the mat. Unfortunately, the force of it also sent 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

and created a screen to hide our faces from

at me with wide–eyes, like he couldn’t believe

Had the sight of my nipples

movement in his pants, pressing up against

panties felt damp, all of the

times and slowly

to grind

I returned to my senses too. This wasn’t the time or the place

I rolled away from him and

can be created with a solid distraction,” I

helped cool some of the fire in