The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0279

The King and Queen were sitting at their table, eating breakfast.

“Nicholas?” the King said when he saw me. “You look like hell.”

“I have reason.” I walked to him and showed him the footage on my phone.

The King watched it all with a furrow in his brow.

“Terry’s behavior last night was beyond inappropriate,” I said. “He made Piper, Susie, and many of the other girls uncomfortable.”

My mother scoffed. “He’s always been a flirt, Nicholas. You know that. I’m sure those girls are being oversensitive.”

“He tried to feel up Piper under the table,” I said, trying to keep my voice steady and calm. Losing my temper never worked with my parents.

“And you have footage of that?” the Luna asked.

No, I didn’t. None of the camera angles caught Terry’s movements under the table. I grit my teeth, holding in my anger.

“Piper said ”

“And we accept the word of a commoner over that of nobility?” the Luna asked.

I gripped the back of the chair I stood behind. Anything to keep me from throwing something across the room.

“There is merit to her concerns,” I said, gesturing to my cell phone still in the King’s hands. ” The footage shows – ”

“Piper is too sensitive. And this other girl, Susie, was it?” The Luna cut into her breakfast so hard her knife scraped across the plate. “She’s that quiet one, right? I imagine she’s much the same. A Luna would have to be able to reject men’s advances without becoming offended…”

wasn’t just advances,” I said, my voice lowering despite my best efforts.

“Don’t you dare bring

King said to her and she huffed out a breath. To me, he said, “That is quite the accusation, Nicholas. Do you

and ankles speak for themselves.

Luna narrowed her gaze. “It was consensual, no doubt. But when you caught them in the act, she

chair under my hands began to splinter. “That is

uncle,” the Luna said. “You are conspiring with that brat

the King said again, more

gaze back to

said to me. “You must know that I need more than this to accuse

all he has done,” I said.

“Oh?”

reached into my jacket pocket and produced the letter from Hawk to Terry. I passed it to him.

opened the letter and read

it say?” the Luna

reading it, he passed it to my

voice, she said, “This has to be

asked her. “You are letting your love for him blind

“But – ”

organization, with limited to no results. Terry’s involvement could be the very reason we’ve never been able

shown on her face, but deep within her eyes was a touch of heartbreak. To herself, in a whisper, she said,

his rooms to return to my own. I couldn’t wait to tell Piper about my

when I entered my

& Ball rejected adamanty Sought against the feeling, melting myself everything was fine, Nicholas