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 eyes. I imagined he wasn't often spoken to this way, let alone by his own children. Or Nicholas, at

been the most diligent of sons. Well, at least until I came around, I supposed. Now he was always standing up to his family for my

that sigh, some of his proper, icy façade slipped away. Without it, he looked so much more like the exhausted older man

clearly weighing on them all. With everything going on, I could at least understand that. I could be sympathetic, while still believing they were

supposed, they seemed to be taking

King said. "I suppose it won't matter whether you are here

was what really set me on edge. After all that had happened, the King was resigned to

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

waiting. Whatever was to come, I knew I would hate it. Better to put it off for as

best efforts to properly steer 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