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."

in my pocket near doubled, and

They are down in the sitting room with

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

laughed a little at

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, more likely they'd let me in to see you than some strange

"True."

parents knew who I

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

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

tug the ring from my pocket. "Mark told me to give you this." I held my palm out with the ring

looked at it and

it's overdue," I told her. "He wants to ask you

my palm and held it up closer to her, to inspect it. She touched it with only her fingertips, treating it as a

a moment, pure awe covered her face, softening all of her features. Then, in the next, she began to cry again. "What's the matter?" I asked

even if that didn't matter to me, Mark would be throwing his

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

tears. She continued looking at the ring

want to see

we didn't need the butler to

the ring onto her finger. I couldn't help

consistently said "Susie's father was saying. He cut himself off when Susie and I

*Susie..." her mom said.

were on Mark, and his on her. Then his

word overflowing with obvious

stepped forward, moving closer to Susie's parents, closer than even Nicholas was

bow.

both went

daughter,"

of her condition!" Susie's

touched her husband's arm.

would raise it as

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