Chapter 0447

Nicholas POV

“You should have kissed Bridget, Nicholas,” my father said to me.

We were standing in the private rooms he shared with my mother. The King was glaring at me. The Luna was sitting at the table, busying herself with needlepoint and paying us little attention. I knew my father had her full support, however. Talks like these were usually part of a two–pronged attack. 1

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this entire conversation hadn’t been mainly my mother’s

idea.

“I didn’t think the play needed it,” I said.

“To hell with what the play needed,” the King said. His blood pressure was rising. His face was turning red. “You should have kissed her to kiss her.”

“You aren’t giving Bridget enough of a chance,” the Luna said from the table.

back. Like I had guessed, my mother was more involved than

to her, because I knew she was the one I

to face me. “This is a competition to find your Luna, Nicholas. You have no

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chose my bride for me, now she intended to

wanted, Piper, was off–limits. They had made that clear plenty

made it clear she didn’t particularly want the job. And even I worried about bringing her and Elva into

to have the

me rankled my nerves like no

right now

one you wanted me to pair up with,”

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smart, boy,” the King

speak out of turn to my parents, but this entire

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