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.

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

the realm of possibility to think they might conspire some type of false charge against me, to have me eliminated from

this time, and I

and I had been meant to be grappling, but in that moment, Nicholas easily

mat.

ground and a puff of breath punched

me, looking down, Nicholas crossed

a lot on my mind,”

to keep your head in the moment, Piper.

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

his arms. Then he reached down

me

a wolf, you will never have a natural advantage in

realized my bra had gotten a bit twisted.

adjust.

be constantly looking… for

his words trailed off, I glanced up at him. He was staring at my

breasts to readjust

could let go now. But I

much of my cleavage on more obvious display: the upper swells of my breasts, the deep valley between them. He might have even

it escaped above the cup of my

gaping, with his

Opportunities, he said.

this was

nipples to pop free

shut.

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 side of his

tie, and created a screen to hide our

couldn’t believe

of my nipples addled his

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

panties felt

times

wanted to grind

too. This wasn’t the time or

I rolled away from him and bounced up onto my

be created with a solid

of the training helped