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."

doubled,

Mark. And Nicholas both. They are down in the sitting room with your parents,"

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

a

I were able to stop him before he did anything drastic. Nicholas had a plan, as he always does, that his arrival at your door might open the way. My presence was required for this. It is, after all,

"True."

knew who

about you often. You were my

I pulled her into another hug. How grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had such a hard time getting friends. She was so sweet and kind, she deserved so many more than

"Mark told me to give you this."

looked at it

told her. "He

up closer to her, to inspect it. She touched

face, softening all of her features. Then, in the next, she began to cry again. "What's the matter?"

that didn't matter to me, Mark would be throwing his whole life away with this. He can't be

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

looking at the ring for another

to see him," she

Susie leading, we didn't need the butler to guide us back

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

Prince Nicholas, as I've consistently said "Susie's father was saying. He

*Susie..." her mom said.

his gaze dropped to her hand,

the word overflowing with

forward, moving closer to Susie's parents, closer

said, dropping into a deep bow. "Please allow me to

parents both went

am in love with your daughter," Mark

of her condition!" Susie's father

touched her

would raise it as my

vouch for this man," Nicholas said. "He is my Beta and a loyal man