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…”

just advances,” I said, my voice lowering despite my best

lowered her cutlery abruptly, making a clatter. “Don’t you dare bring such vulgarities

a breath. To me, he said, “That

and ankles speak for themselves. And I saw for myself when I burst into the

no doubt. But when you caught them in the

of the chair under my hands began to splinter.

said. “You are conspiring with that brat against

King said

fiery gaze back to

the King said to me. “You must know that I need

he has done,” I said. “This

“Oh?”

jacket pocket and produced the letter from Hawk to Terry. I passed it to him. My mother looked up from her breakfast again to track

father opened the letter and read

say?” the

passed it to my

she said, “This has to be

the King asked her. “You are letting your love for

“But – ”

bring down the underground organization, with limited to no results.

mother fell silent. Defiance shown on her face, but deep within her eyes was a touch of heartbreak. To

investigate the matter, I rushed out of his rooms to return to my own. I couldn’t wait to tell

I entered my bedroom, Piper

with bol nowhere wight, & Ball rejected adamanty Sought against the feeling, melting myself everything was fine, Nicholas won a very important and busy man. But the hurt