The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 250

“It doesn’t seem like this exhaustion is directly related to her illness,” the doctor told me. We stood a

few feet away from the bed where Elva rested, watching her. “She likely got so excited for tonight that she

simply wore herself out.”

“So she’ll be alright?” I asked.

The doctor nodded. “She just needs a good night’s rest. Let her sleep. In the morning, I’ll return and

check on her.”

“Thank you, Doctor.”

The doctor saw herself out. When she’d gone, Mark approached me.

“I can watch her,” he said. “I’ll stay inside the room. No one will get past me.”

I was worried about what Jane might have been getting up to at the gala in my absence.

Mark checked his phone. He frowned.

“Something wrong?” I asked. My heart began to race.

“Still no reply from Prince Nicholas,” Mark said. “I’m wondering if he received my messages.”

“Maybe he hasn’t checked,” I said. “When I last saw him, he was busy talking with the benefactors. It

be rude to check his phone at

Mark didn’t seem convinced. “I tried

don’t think…?” No, surely Nicholas would be able to tell the difference between

down there,” Mark

went to Elva’s bedside one last time, and brushed some hair away from her

rising and falling

dreams, princess,” I

Then I stepped away.

into the ballroom, I felt the weight of many pairs of eyes all pressing down onto

hear me whispered to someone else. “She changed again. Who does she think she

idea what they were talking about. I hadn’t changed. This was still

of the candidates were glaring at me. Even Tiffany and Veronica were casting me dark looks. Only Susie waved when our eyes locked, though she looked more worried than pleased to see

over the ballroom first for Jane, and then for Nicholas. Jane, I didn’t see.

walking toward me.

asked at once. “What was today’s identifying

I answered

body seemed wired with

of

on?” I asked. “Why is everyone looking at me like they want to push me

was here,” Nicholas said. “She pretended to

had taken root in my stomach

“What did she do?”

of the benefactors while pretending

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