The Luna Choosing Game

Terry slowly trailed his hand up the length of my thigh. He stopped at the meatiest point, just beneath my hip and squeezed.

I wanted to bolt from the table. I wanted to elbow him in the ribs or kick at his shins.

All I could actually do was sit very still and try not to draw attention from the cameras or the guests, while simultaneously trying to only get Julian to notice.

However, every time Julian glanced at me, his attention was immediately claimed again by Joyce sitting beside me. It was strange to hear him talk so much, especially when the topics. seemed to be entirely superfluous.

“Did you watch that television show the other night?” Joyce asked.

“I don’t watch a lot of TV,” Julian replied.

“It was such a good episode.”

Julian nodded, and glanced back at me.

I widened my eyes.

“Did you hear what happened to Aunt Ruby?” Joyce said.

Julian’s eyes went to Joyce again. “No, what?”

“She bought another dog.”

Julian huffed a laugh. “Don’t word it like that, then, Joyce. You made it sound like it was something serious.”

a serious commitment,” Joyce said.

“Yeah, but…”

focused on proving Joyce wrong, that he did not look at me again for a long moment. When he did, it was only for a second, before returning his

his hand on my thigh, back and

but he simply moved his hand right along with me, keeping it

hand between my thighs, undoubtedly wrinkling my dress. Though my dress was the very last

speared a piece of the meat and held his fork out for me

of his fork felt overly intimate. It had even garnered the attention of several nearby candidates and the cameras. The candidates gave me pitying looks. The cameramen moved in

akin to accepting his advances. If I rejected, it would be like a slap in the face. I might as well show myself out

way disgust swirled within it, violent

closed my eyes, and accepted the bite of

I wanted to

glass

shot opened.

tightly it shattered. Blood dripped down from his

your own strength perhaps?” Terry was absolutely delighted by the display and made no attempts to hide it. “You should go clean yourself up before you stain the

glance at Julian, who nodded in return, Nicholas excused himself from the

replaced the broken cup

me. He leaned in and whispered, “Now that we’re alone…”

placed a hand on my

but that only made him grab me tighter. His fingers bit into my

nowhere to go. No one was coming for the