The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0228

That night, Julian came to escort me down to the cellars so that we could explore the tunnel again. He

waited to speak until we were clear of the other candidate’s rooms, but once we had descended the

staircase, he case me a sideways look.

“I heard about what happened,” he said.

My hand tightened on his arm, bunching up the sleeve of his black shirt.

“She was in my room, Julian. She could have been right next to me. Or Elva. If Elva hadn’t wanted to see

that fabric in the morning, we might have never known Jane was there at all. What could she even want to

do with that fabric? It was just a small piece?”

“Some kind of mind game, most likely. Or an attempt to sabotage you.”

I supposed either of those were possible, but I just didn’t know. I hated not knowing.

“But if she’s trying to sabotage me, why would she need to go into the other girls‘ rooms?” I asked.

Julian abruptly stopped walking. I did too, since our arms were looped together.

He looked at me, a touch of something like worry in his eyes. “What did you just say?”

in him. Then I explained,

even gone into some of the girls‘ rooms. They

think it’s me.”

is sabotaging you,” Julian said. “Pretending to be you, sneaking around and

the reason,” I said. Or at least, not the

won’t be able to sneak

expression was unusual on Julian’s face. He typically concealed his anger behind

murderous.

he said, voice low and dangerous. “When

cameras, you’ll be much

didn’t want to believe that could be

safety of the palace, I

I would

at me, and the intense focus in his eyes gave me pause.

in this moment.

on.” He tugged me forward. “We should tell my brother right

the way into the cellar, where Nicholas and a guard were already waiting. Nicholas was glaring at the ground when we

arrive.

me into the

what?” Nicholas glanced between us both before settling

but his hard glare softened, looking at

him what I had told Julian, about Jane

some words of which I’d

the dinner