The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0566

Knowing the King and Queen weren't responsible for the latest attempt on my life should have come as a relief. But Nicholas and Julian were acting like this only made everything worse.

I didn't know what could be worse than having the most powerful couple in the kingdom, and likely the planet, wanting you dead.

"This is... a good thing, right?" I ventured to ask.

Nicholas hummed low, a noise I had come to recognize as disagreement. Julian shook his head.

"I'm not convinced Prince Ronan was acting alone," Julian said. "He's a right asshole, certainly, and he has the credentials to sneak around. But he's also a buffoon with more brawn than brains. And given enough time to calm down, he typically just moves on to some other woman."

I lifted a brow at Julian, wondering how the hell he knew so much about Prince Ronan, while Nicholas had to get all this same information from Ambassador Zale.

Julian caught me looking and then rolled his eyes. "We used to be in somewhat of the same circles. Or, at least, Ronan thought we were. Two rebellious, philandering princes. While I was in it mostly for the information leakage, Ronan genuinely thought we had a comradery."

"I didn't know any of this," Nicholas said.

"Not like you took much interest in my... extra-curricular activities, brother. Except to scold me for them," Julian said.

a moment

is, Ronan would not have pieced out how to escape on his own, much less how to find his way here at just the right

anyone else who would be in a position to be able to know those things, other than the royal family. "But if it's

powerful among them, wouldn't know what we were planning here. They would know the location of our island, but unless it was sheer luck,

luck like

do I,"

it wasn't a merfolk, and it wasn't royalty... "Who else

lounge chair on the deck. She was in a skimpy swimsuit, sunning,

no love lost between Bridget and I, but... "She

front of

skeptical of Julian, but in areas where Bridget was concerned, he was always a bit wonky. Now that he didn't crush on her so much that he could see no flaws, maybe he had taken things too far in the other direction. Was he suspecting Bridget

have shown on my face. Julian

aren't big in the merfolk kingdom, but those that know our culture

Zale did say Ronan would have excelled as an actor. But that wasn't