The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0622

The butler showed me to Susie's room, and then quickly excused himself outside of her door. When he was gone, I knocked.

"Go away!" Susie called in a watery voice. She was crying.

I knocked more insistently as I pushed open the door.

*I said -* she started, cutting herself off she say me. "Piper?"

"Hi, Susie," I said.

"Oh, Piper!" She was sitting at her desk, the tears running down her cheeks. As I entered the room, closing the door behind me, she jumped from the chair and ran to me.

We shared a hug. Relief flooded through me.

I stepped back after a moment, to look her over. She didn't seem too worse for wear. Other than the crying, she didn't show any signs of abuse or neglect.

"What are you doing here?" Susie sniffed. "I'm sure word has gotten around by now."

*Rumors don't matter. Come back to palace."

*If you've heard the rumors, you know why I can't."

"Everyone will forget, the moment you appear. They'll all just think it's gossip and it won't matter," I say. "Since Jessica is the only other contender for Joyce, you wouldn't even have to face elimination."

*Piper," she sounded so sad. "I can't come. It's just not rumors. My parents... They know the truth about me."

*How could they?" I asked. She wasn't showing yet. Sure they might suspect, but to have real proof?

"I told them," Susie said.

I startled, speechless.

"I didn't want to lie anymore about any of it," Susie said. "I don't want to have to pretend to have feelings for Joyce, when the only one I really want is Mark."

the ring in my pocket near doubled, and I

And Nicholas both. They are down in the sitting room

have kept him away. If your parents wouldn't have let him inside, he would have scaled the walls

laughed a

at your door might open the way. My presence was required for this. It is, after all, more likely they'd

"True."

parents knew who I was..." I

a little. "I talk about you often. You were my first

pulled her into another hug. How grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had

me to give you this." I held my palm out with the

at it

her. "He wants to ask

plucked the ring from my palm and held it up closer to her, to inspect it. She

moment, pure awe covered her face, softening all of her features. Then, in the next, she began to

they did. Or even if that didn't matter to

"Nicholas will find a way to get it to work. If this is what you want,

at the ring for another minute or two,

see him," she

both headed for the doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't need the butler to guide us back downstairs

slid the ring onto her finger. I couldn't help my smile. When

matter, Prince Nicholas, as I've consistently said "Susie's father was saying. He cut himself off when Susie and

*Susie..." her mom said.

his on her. Then his gaze dropped to her hand, where she'd already put on

the word overflowing

moving closer to Susie's parents, closer

a deep bow. "Please

both

love with your daughter," Mark said. "I cannot live without

know of her

mother was quicker. She touched her husband's arm. "He

would raise it as my child, with Susie

said. "He is my Beta and a loyal man besides. He will