The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0617

Anna's words stayed with me all through the night. I was haunted by them, even as I eventually drifted off to sleep on the air mattress.

Was I truly considering the King's demand because I wanted what was best for the country? Or was I simply hiding, pushing off responsibility to retum to a life of normalcy?

Bridget would make a lousy queen. I knew that.

Anyone would be a better choice.

Even... me?

Could I be queen?

I had labeled the idea as outlandish straight from the start, so much so that I barely considered it even when I tried to think critically about it.

I was constantly making excuses: I knew so little of politics. I knew so little of royalty. Everyone looked down on me. No one would take me seriously.

But these were just excuses, I was realizing now. Anna was right. I was running away.

I needed to do better. I needed to think about how I could actually contribute as a queen, and showcase those abilities. No more hiding. No more putting myself down.

If I wanted a family with Nicholas, I had to earn it.

The thoughts and worries stayed with me even when I woke up again. I had a dreamless sleep, though I felt rested. My body must have decided enough was enough and shut off my brain.

I was resolved to lie on the air mattress until Elva or Anna woke first, but a knock sounded on the door. It was soft at first, but with a growing urgency the longer no one answered.

I wasn't sure who it could be. It seemed too early for the camera crew, and Anna hadn't said she'd been expecting guests.

Crumbling, Anna emerged from her room and slunk herself toward the front door.

when the knocking continued. "Someone better be

open the

she said

living room, I could easily see the front door. The apartment was still dark,

to stand up. I was self-conscious in my pajamas, but Nicholas had seen me at my worst. I tried

I came closer. "I think it's for

prince standing in the

"They'll surely think, there goes

up and invited Nicholas inside. I flipped on the kitchen light as he entered

imagine she ever expected to have an actual prince on her

nodded. "It's a

when Anna just

he finished with a

it was an

grinned wider,

out of the room. "Yes... uh.. same!" She fled. "No one is ever going to believe me,"

to me. "Piper,"

myself. It had been less than a day, but his absence had been noted. His presence had been missed. I hated

time, but he had been so

deep down, that felt strung out by

I immediately went within them. He closed his arms around me and I felt

the living room, I heard Anna waking Elva and shuffling around, cleaning

my former home? It was smaller than anything he was used too. It even seemed smaller to me than it had been before,

myself for his judgement as

had never been the judgmental type. He was the kind of guy who worried about everyone, and helped out at the orphanage in his

he gazed around this place that I used to live,

you give me

of the major

hear Elva and Anna talking in Anna's room. Elva was asking Anna if she