The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0602

Nicholas, meanwhile, looked down and to the side. He wouldn't meet my gaze even as I walked nearer to him.

"Nick?" I prompted, fear weighing heavy on my heart.

*Unfortunately, that isn't all of the bad news I have to share," he said.

I braced myself. "What else?"

*Joyce has somehow escaped."

I gasped, shocked. How could that be? The youngest prince had been given the nicest prison cell I had ever seen in my life, but it was still a prison cell, buried deep under the palace grounds. This place is crawling with guards. How in the world would he escape?

And why would he want to? Veronica had been working with him, helping him understand the depths of his brainwashing. Had he reversed to his previous thinking in Veronica's absence?

Oh, God. Veronica was going to be devastated. She'd been working so hard with him. She saw part of herself in him, and sought to save them both. She would undoubtedly see this as her own failing.

of tampering with the lock," Nicholas said. "No missing uniforms, no discrepancy among the guard, who are vetted beyond the norm to be assigned to such a post. I don't doubt them. Instead, it is

mine and I felt a pit open up in my stomach. I knew what he was saying with that look. My thoughts had traveled down a similar

Hawk, leader of the underground organization? After all, he had done similar when he'd

with Joyce?" I asked. "Hasn't he already

said. "If anything were to happen to my father, and then Julian and myself, Joyce would have legal claim

Were the underground planning on hurting Nicholas

with the Bear People to do the job for

I wrapped my arms around myself. "The

It cleared away from his face in the next instant, taking

"But the Bear People...?"

is already investigating, searching for the lost princess. Even if she is dead, Julian will find her bones and

that. I trusted Julian. If anyone could find the lost princess,

to feel overwhelmed. I could carry all the burdens, I would to help Nicholas. I wouldn't

was a lot to think over, to consider, and