The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0307

Things were direr than even Charlotte had made it seem.

My stomach twisted into knots. The people’s accusations weren’t limited to singular nouns. They weren’t just talking about Terry and no one else.

The use of plural told me they meant the entire royal family, including Nicholas. This meant he was in grave danger. If the people turned on the royal family, if they thought to overthrow them, they would not stop with just the King.

Flashes of Nicholas trapped in a prison cell came through my mind. Or worse. Maybe they would kill him.

The dark thoughts took hold of my heart so strongly that I couldn’t remember where I had been headed. I only knew where I wanted to go now: to see Nicholas, to place my eyes on him. and know that he was safe.

I darted in the direction of his personal rooms. Along the way, I noticed the increased number of guards around the palace. At first, I chalked it up to the increase in the number of protestors. It made sense to increase the protection of the royal family when they were being threatened.

But then, as I came around the corner, I heard a set of voices, and recognized that these. guards were here for a more specific purpose.

and

one of the guards. “It

Nicholas said. “Keep a guard posted there. This one leads to the kitchens, which is

Sir,” said the

familiar set of maps and blueprints. We’d used those blueprints to find the secret passageway that had

the middle of the wall. A bookcase had been shoved out of the way. A painting

There you are. We were hoping you would

were?” I

eyes met mine, held them

to compensate for Nicholas’s coldness. He didn’t have to do that. I knew I was the one

waved me closer, so I walked to his side. He traced his finger

here?” he asked. “We’re checking this one next.

for the ones that aren’t on this map,” Nicholas said.

made alterations on his own. We’ve had soldiers dig through his private

everything,” Nicholas said.