The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0436

Early the next morning, I awoke to the sound of loud and persistent knocking on my door. It was so early, Charlotte hadn’t even arrived yet and the curtains were still drawn over the windows.

The guards were talking with the morning visitor, who was nearly shrieking in her reply. It was Bridget. She sounded upset.

I checked on Elva, she was still sound asleep. Then I rolled out of bed. I threw on a silk robe and rushed to the door.

The moment, Bridget saw me, the tears began to flow down her cheeks. “Oh, Piper! I have to talk to you at once.”

Fortunately, at that same moment, Charlotte was approaching us down the hallway. I asked her to keep an eye on Elva, and went with Bridget to her own room where we could speak privately.

Bridget plucked a handkerchief from her nightstand and dabbed at her tear tracks. She was still wearing the same clothes she had worn at the party. Had she been up all night?

Where? And… with whom?

“What happened?” I asked. “Are you alright?”

As much as I distrusted Bridget, I would never wish her harm. With the underground organization out there, and their teleportation powers still unchecked, if Bridget had been out alone, she could have run into anyone.

wasn’t right to keep so many secrets from the royal guard. Nicholas and

touch of

Oh no.

stomach totally dropped

didn’t. Couldn’t. Wouldn’t.

confessed his feelings to me last night,” Bridget said. “He

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and

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progress in moving on from Bridget. Small steps, sure. Baby steps, even. But steps forward all the

nail in the coffin,

to truly move forward. To tell Bridget his feelings, receive her firm

but wasn’t otherwise

cheek, Bridget watched me. “You are handling this news quite well… Admittedly, if the man I was dating told

it later, sure,” I

made more of an effort, or she might have suspected

as hell,” I said. “But…” I tried to think of some excuse for my lack of true upset. “It is unfortunately the nature of the