The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0410

That night, I left Elva with the nanny, and met with Nicholas, Julian, and Veronica in one of the sitting rooms.

“Why are we meeting here?” I asked as I entered the room. “Wouldn’t it be easier to meet near the royal family wing?”

“It would be, if that’s where Joyce was,” Julian said.

I blinked, surprised. Julian stuffed shook his head and stuffed his hands in his pockets. He didn’t seem likely to explain so I looked to Nicholas instead.

It was so nice to see Nicholas without his Bridget shadow. I wondered what he had to do to escape her for this long. But he didn’t say, and I didn’t ask. I wanted to enjoy him on his own for as long as I could, without bringing Bridget into it.

Plus, talking about her in front of Julian would hurt him.

“Joyce isn’t in his rooms,” Nicholas said, bringing me back to the matter at hand.

I pulled my brow together. “Then where is he?”

dungeons,” Julian said

was even more surprised. A direct member of the royal family locked in the dungeons? It seemed so unheard of. Sure, that’s where they had put Terry, but he’d never been a true royal by blood. Only his relation to his sister kept him close enough

a prince, the son

must have seen my confusion. “He

“His cell is not like

something pretty bad. Dark and cold with water dripping down and a bucket for the bathroom. Dirt floors. A straw bed. Maybe chains

see,” Nicholas said. He held out his arm for me, and

did the same for Veronica, who seemed lost in thought. I wasn’t sure she was even listening to our previous conversation. Though from her plainer-than- usual clothes,

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group, we moved slowly and stealthily to the dungeons. We couldn’t sneak past the guards stationed at the dungeons, but when they say the princes with us, they waved us through. No, when we had been stealthy, it was mainly

cameras.

needed was the public wondering why two princes

housed under the barracks where the guards stayed. We went down two flights of stairs before we went through another checkpoint and then entered the

concrete floors, and glass everywhere. The doors were metal, but there were no bars. Guards patrolled the hallways. Others were stationed in