The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0607

The servant led Nicholas and I to a sitting room where the King stood behind the chair his wife was sitting on. A table had been arranged in front of her, with two teacups and an extravagant silver teapot.

The Queen stirred a sugar cube into her tea. The gentle chime of the spoon hitting porcelain was the only sound in the room as we entered.

The both looked up as we entered, though it wasn't until they spotted Nicholas, that their blank faces shifted to ones filled with annoyance.

I was nervous at their looks. The King and Queen could demand whatever they want, but Nicholas simply stood at my side with his head held high.

"Your presence is neither requested nor required for this meeting, Nicholas," the King said.

Nicholas lifted his chin even higher. "I'm not going anywhere, Father. Save time and don't waste your breath."

his own children. Or Nicholas, at least. Joyce had been brainwashed,

been the most diligent of sons. Well, at least until I came around, I

looked so much more like the

going on, I could at least understand that. I could be

seemed to be taking everything

King said. "I suppose it won't matter whether you are here or not, and

set me on edge. After all that had

King said. "You don't seem an unreasonable woman.

skin, but I stayed silent, waiting. Whatever was to come, I knew I would hate it. Better to put it off for as long

the narrative how we would like it, you and Bridget have split the popular vote 50/50. We acknowledge some competition is healthy. The closer the race, the more people become