The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 10

Chapter 0010

But Julian would know, because he was there.

In another life, being near Nicholas would have given me enough reason to want to stay.

But he’d made his feelings about me clear. And I had other priorities.

My gaze slid to Elva, playing with her dolls at the foot of the bed.

“I don’t want to play house,” I said. “Nor do I want to partake in this game of undercutting nobles and

chasing princes.”

I had been away from nobility for a long time, but I hadn’t forgotten their cutthroat politics, where an action as small as selecting the wrong utensil at dinner could start a blood feud. Backstabbing, betrayals, pretending to be nice just to make someone vulnerable…

The memories made my already tired body even more exhausted.

immediately reclaimed my attention. She recovered quickly

frail and sick often. I have to work hard to care for her.

a finger to his chin. “Piper, you realize this is the

“Yes, but-

you are here, wouldn’t you have access to

I froze.

family truly be willing to use their

face. “While you are here, you are under the care of my family. We

eyes at him. Turning away a sick child would surely be bad for public

horrible, be said, smile

being so generous with

know the

laughed. A roguish light danced in his eyes. They

gold, with no

so different than I was in

performing elaborate pranks. Nicholas, the more serious one, had always accused

fire department had been called in. Julian had laughed

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