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

castle. She’s even gone into some

think it’s me.”

“Pretending to be you, sneaking around and acting suspicious. She’s

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

she won’t be able to

he frowned. The expression was unusual on Julian’s face. He typically concealed his

murderous.

he said, voice low and dangerous. “When you

the cameras, you’ll be

into an uncomfortable knot. I didn’t want to believe that could be the plan, but

palace, I

knew what I would do to

in his eyes gave me pause. He looked

in this moment.

“We

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

arrive.

me into the

me what?” Nicholas glanced between us both before

but his hard glare

I had told Julian,

elicited a colorful string of curses, some words of

the dinner