The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0600

"Oh." Susie's eyes widened. "I suppose you wouldn't have known." She hung her head a little. "Tensions with the Bear People have more or less exploded. Mark says more and more soldiers are being sent to the northern border. War seems imminent."

I didn't want to believe that. "Surely there's something to be done to keep the peace?"

*The Bear People have made demands but those demands are impossible to fulfill."

"What are they?" I asked.

Before us, out on the lawn, Elva sat on the grass with the two wolves, Night and Silver, in sitting in front of her. They were all looking so intently at each other, it was like they were having a conversation. I wondered what they were saying.

Focusing on that was less heartbreaking than thinking of the reality of war.

*They want their princess back," Susie said. She made it sound like I should know what she's talking about.

My brow drew together. "We have their princess?"

Susie tilted her head. "You don't know the story of the lost bear princess?"

I shook my head.

Susie hummed thoughtfully. She tapped her chin with a finger. "Oh. It was something like twenty years ago, I suppose. One of their princesses was stolen away as an infant and believed to be brought across the border into werewolf territory."

I couldn't believe my ears. A stolen princess? "Why haven't I heard of this?"

"I'm not sure," Susie said. "Though I imagine the royals wanted to keep a lid on the whole thing. I don't remember ever seeing anything about it on television. It was only ever discussed in gossip groups. I remember my mom talking about it sometimes."

affect the day to day life of anyone I knew about back in my regular life. And if it made the werewolf royalty look bad, I could understand why they would try to hide

kidnapped by rebels among the bears

Bear People never believed them, why wait twenty years to

don't know," Susie admitted. "There might be more going on behind the scenes in their own nation. But whatever the reason for it,

like an invasion, even if their intentions were only

they hadn't, surely her bear would have manifested by now, given

by now, or had

forward now if not before, to stop the needless violence and

war at the Academy. They

an entire generation.

parents. Families would be broken apart. Babies would learn to fear the world far

said, looking

I asked, returning to the

not just for royals, or even the soldiers, but for every person that will be affected by

a sad kind of smile. I never really considered feeling so much for so many to be one of my finer qualities. At

need to be of stemmer stuff? Able to make the hard choices no matter who it hurt? So long as it

of how my heart my break

with the wolves. She was resting her head

so peaceful. I wished that I could keep them safe, away

beside us. Susie smiled at him, but I jumped. I had forgotten how quickly and quietly he could

asked

his personal office," Mark said. "He has finished his meeting with his parents

I said,

take you

I hated to disturb her. She was

on her," Susie said. "Between the wolves and me, I think she's