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.

continued. "Someone better

pulled open the door. The grumbling

shit," she

the living room, I could easily see the front door. The apartment was still dark, with black out curtains hanging over the window, but the

pajamas, but Nicholas had seen me at my worst. I

said as I came closer. "I think

"Can't have a prince standing in

when he saw me. "They'll surely think, there goes

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

eye on Elva..." Anna said. She was looking at Nicholas with wide eyes. I can't imagine she ever

"It's a pleasure to meet

Anna just

finished with

it was an impulse, or

wider, pleased

one is ever going to believe me," she said when she was outside the

turned to me. "Piper,"

own reflex. I couldn't help myself. It had been less than a day, but his absence had

been apart a short time, but

him near. It calmed some part of myself, deep down,

open his arms for me and I immediately went within them. He closed

I heard Anna waking Elva and shuffling around, cleaning no doubt. She'd

it too. What must Nicholas think, being in my former home? It was smaller than anything he was used too. It even seemed smaller to me than it had been before, having

I braced myself for

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

I used to live, he seemed more curious than

you give me the

small, but it had all of the major amenities. Stove, fridge, oven,

the living room, we could hear Elva and Anna talking in Anna's room. Elva was asking