The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0459

Chapter 0459

That evening, after preparing for dinner, I stopped to chat with the guards at my door. By now, they had all become friendly, familiar faces, and though I wouldn’t consider us friends exactly, it was always a pleasure to stop and say hello.

It was also a relief knowing the people in charge of mine and Elva’s protection actually, genuinely liked us.

Today, however, they seemed stressed. Their smiles were tighter than usual. Their eyes,

worried.

“Is everything alright?” I asked them.

“Oh, nothing to do with your safety, miss,” said Carl on the left. He’d been with Nicholas’s guard the longest, and had a long graying mustache.

“But something is worrying you,” I said.

Carl glanced at his partner at the door, William. William was much younger, newer to the guard, and likely because of that, his heart seemed purer. He had yet to be jaded by the things around him.

“We’re worried about Prince Nicholas,” William said.

concern. And certainly not

to Carl. “Maybe she can help him?”

learn to mind your business,” Carl said, though not unkindly. He was gently

to know more about

I asked. A direct question wouldn’t be

Carl sighed.

of the time, except to

polite,” Carl said.

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tense as a coiled spring,” William added. “He’s already broken five different punching bags. New ones arrive daily

“William,” Carl scolded.

a glance. “Tell me I’m

me, he said, “It’s nothing you should worry about, miss. Whatever he’s working through,

tried to process this new information, but I didn’t know what to think. It tracked with

acting: the fight with Julian, the way his fists clenched as he stood in the

help but be worried about him, more now than I even was before.

telling

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