The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0357

“Then, what?”

He glanced at me. Slowly, he stopped walking. We were alone in the hallway though there was talking up ahead. Around the corner was the dining room. Some of the girls must have gone down to lunch early.

“Joyce called you out to that balcony,” Julian said. “He said it was because you are too

reckless, but when has he ever cared about something like that before or since. You aren’t one of his selected candidates, and he’s never taken an interest in any of Nicholas’s or my relationships before.”

“You can’t think… he had ulterior motives?” I asked.

“I don’t know,” Julian admitted quickly. “It does seem unlikely. Joyce has never been rebellious. He’s always done just enough to stay within the rules our parents set for him. I suppose he could have seen, as I did, how fond Nicholas is of you, and wanted to step in, but…”

throat went dry.

“The timing is what concerns me. He locked you out there the same night Nicholas was almost taken. It felt wrong to me, even then

question. I felt guilty even thinking it, so I whispered it

edge to his gaze. “You should be careful around

do suspect

a small moment, he sounded so very tired. “I

that. He rendered me speechless.

into walking again, and we finally turned that corner into the louder

of Nicholas and Olivia as they stood in

the chaos, I couldn’t make out the question, but it made Nicholas dip into his

might have heard it better than I did, because in the next instant, he called out, Nicholas! How funny meeting

1. e. that you

every eye in

looked at me.

look at Julian instead,

half wanted to hide, but Julia..

arm was fierce, like an

led me straight you?

Olivia. Both

we were standing directly in

It was eerie hatching faces of cool

y heart ache