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, “Tiffany told me. Some of the

around the castle. She’s even gone

think it’s me.”

“Pretending to be you, sneaking around

I said. Or at least, not the only reason. “If I

she won’t be able to

he frowned. The expression was unusual on Julian’s face. He typically concealed his anger behind a mask of fake cheer or a knife–edged smirk.

murderous.

voice low and dangerous. “When

the cameras, you’ll be much easier

want to believe that could be the plan, but

the safety of the palace, I would

knew what I would do to

his eyes gave me pause.

in this moment.

He tugged me forward. “We should

were already waiting. Nicholas was glaring at the ground when

arrive.

me into the room and then released my

what?” Nicholas glanced between us both before settling his gaze on

but his hard glare softened,

what I had told Julian, about Jane pretending to

some words of

the dinner