The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0579

Julian glanced back at me. I gave him the best calming look I could muster. He closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath in through the mouth, out through the nose.

"You had better listen to her, Julian," Bridget said. "Calm yourself and act like a gentleman to me for a change." Julian's calm face hardened once more. He opened his eyes and glared at Bridget.

"You wouldn't want to be cruel to me. After all, I know certain secrets about you that you wouldn't want others... like, your brother... to know."

"You don't know anything," Julian growled. Though we all knew that wasn't true.

After all, Bridget knew that Julian had a crush on me, something that Julian later admitted to me was true. If she told Nicholas that... Would it start a war between the brothers? How would that possibly resolve?

I cared for both the brothers. The last thing in the entire world I wanted was for the two of them to ruin their relationship with each other because of their feelings for me.

"Back off, Bridget," I snapped. I gently shoved against Nicholas's chest. He reluctantly loosened his hold so that I could sit up straight on my own.

apology," Bridget said. She smiled sharply. "We wouldn't want

tell me himself. I certainly don't need to have some middleman trying to lord things over us."

aren't the first person who tried to sew discord between us,* Nicholas continued. "Nor will you be the last. But to think you might actually succeed where all the others have failed speaks to your hubris. Piper will not be hearing your words now, neither will I,

went wide. Her

toward Bridget. "That's your cue to

mouth closed.

the crew yelled, "It's safe now. You can

turned from us. She

looked

be off this ship, but the air between the three of us remaining felt charged beyond belief. Julian was the one setting the tone. Nicholas had told

to say anything," Nicholas said. He knew Julian even better than I,

want her to be able to have this thing that she can use to hurt us," Julian said. "You're right, I'd rather tell