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…”

I said, my voice lowering

making a clatter. “Don’t you

and she huffed out a breath. To me, he

wrists and ankles speak for themselves. And

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

hands began to

have never liked your uncle,” the Luna said.

King said

fiery gaze back to

that I need more

has done,” I said. “This is only

“Oh?”

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

father opened the letter and

say?”

reading it, he passed

a panicked voice, she said, “This has to

her. “You are letting your love for him blind you,

“But – ”

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

within her eyes was a touch

of his rooms to

my bedroom, Piper

melting myself everything was fine, Nicholas won a very important and busy man. But

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