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?”

a moment, surprised by the shift in him. Then I explained, “Tiffany told me. Some of

castle. She’s even gone

think it’s me.”

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

reason,” 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

murderous.

dangerous.

palace and the cameras, you’ll be much easier

didn’t want to believe that could be the

palace, I would be more vulnerable.

what I would do to save

at me, and the intense focus in his eyes

in this moment.

me forward. “We should tell my brother right

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

arrive.

me into the

us both before settling his gaze on

but his hard glare softened, looking

told him what I had told

elicited a colorful string of curses, some words of which I’d only heard

during the