The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 272

Chapter 0272

“It’s fine,” I said. “I got away before anything truly bad happened.” At his insistence, I then proceeded to explain exactly what Terry had done.

“He tried to touch you,” Nicholas growled. “He did touch you.”

“I left before anything could happen. I got myself out of that situation.”

After cleaning his wounds, I wrapped his hand in a sanitized white bandage. He held himself very still for me, though I could feel the tension buzzing under his skin.

The moment I fastened the bandage, securing it, he pulled me against his chest and wrapped his arms around me.

“I should have been there,” he said. “I’m sorry.”

“You can’t be there every minute. Besides he was so subtle about it, even Julian didn’t notice.”

deep rumble I felt in his chest against my ear.

not the most

said. “That is the

him, maybe it was. But I wasn’t as sure about myself. Elva needed the medicine and treatment only the palace could provide. Any loss of standing, any risk

worry for me, and let it help build my courage. I would protect Elva. I would do anything for her. But I didn’t need to sacrifice myself to Terry.

least, not

I said. “We can’t risk looking too

he breathed me in for a long moment. Then, reluctantly, he released me.

room, he stayed very near my side, not touching but never more than an inch away.

the table, I noticed that Julian had moved into

you, Piper?” Julian asked, eyes alight with mischief. “This makes it so much easier to talk to

“Of course not,

to Julian’s old seat, which now placed me across

me in as I sat. When I was comfortable, he lowered himself in the chair beside me.

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