The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0300

I passed out from the intensity of the pleasure.

When I reawakened some time later, I was bundled up in Nicholas’s arms, resting against his chest. I was entirely surrounded with warmth, and contentment swirled within me. Never in my life had I felt so satisfied and safe.

Nicholas kissed the top of my head. “How are you?” He must have felt me rousing.

“I’m good,” I said with a soft sigh. “Great, even.”

He hummed. “I’m glad.” He sounded quite satisfied with himself. Honestly, he should.

I started to turn toward him. “You need to let me return the favor.”

His arms tightened around me, keeping me still. “Another time. This time was all about you.”

“But – ”

“Piper,” he said gently. “I’m fine. I promise.”

He was so reassuring, that I immediately relaxed. “Next time,” I said. “It’s about you.”

He kissed my cheek this time. “Whatever you want.”

We stayed together in his room until just before dawn, holding and dozing, and trading soft kisses. Then, after we dressed, Nicholas led me back toward my room. In the hallway just around the corner, where the guards couldn’t see, Nicholas pulled me into his arms again and soundly kissed me.

“Thank you for our night together,” I whispered.

head. “You don’t have

I felt light all over. He had satisfied me so thoroughly.

little, then kissed me

worried my bottom lip with my teeth. Maybe it wasn’t

you, Piper.” Nicholas hugged me tightly for a moment. “I know you want to wait for your true

sense his jealousy, thinking about me with another person, but he didn’t say a word. I combed my fingers through the short hairs at the back of his neck, offering what

would never say so aloud but if I could so easily imagine a world where we were people of different circumstances. If we had met when we were both common or

easily imagine a life with Nicholas beside me for the rest of our lives.

was never our problem. Instead, what divided us was simply our birthrights. Nicholas was a prince, mostly likely to be the heir. And me? I was just some

in the meantime, I hope you will continue to allow me

Nicholas for as long as I could have him, even knowing it

and I smiled too. We kissed a few minutes more before we started to hear the footsteps of servants coming to work, and we begrudgingly had

next event, but it seemed, after everything that had happened with Terry, the royal family needed time to get their own house in

for long walks around the gardens. Or we played cards with Susie and

the day, when Elva was napping, and I was coming down to the dining room for dinner, Julian stopped me

as his

other shifters. So the line of love marks Nicholas had left the night before were still dotted along the column of my neck. I had tried to cover them with makeup but Julian was always so observant. His attention veered straight to them like he had

said. He smirked but it had a sharp edge. “My brother’s handiwork,

burned, likely beet red. I dipped my face down, hoping to hide my neck with my hair. But it was

felt I had to do something.

least one of us is having some fun,” he said.

gaze, a bit surprised. Julian had a playboy reputation, and though I knew that and breaking their

lately, then. Or perhaps

and he looked positively sinful. No, I definitely hadn’t misjudged him. He

look. “So