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.”

felt in his chest

not the most tactful move. My standing is sure to

“That

as sure about myself. Elva needed the medicine and treatment only the palace could provide. Any loss of standing, any risk of being removed, was a danger to her.

wrapped myself in the comfort of his worry for me, and let it help build my courage. I would protect Elva. I

least, not

I said. “We can’t risk looking too suspicious.”

he breathed me in for a long

the dining room, he stayed very near my side, not touching but never

that Julian had

mischief. “This makes it so much easier to

“Of course not,

Julian’s old seat,

back my chair for me, then pushed me in as I sat. When I was comfortable,

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