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.

attention. She recovered quickly this time, thank

daughter is frail and sick often. I have to work hard to care for her. I can’t

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

“Yes, but-

to all the

I froze.

that. Would the royal family truly

you are under the care of my family. We

a sick

be said, smile

be being so generous with what

to know the real

A roguish light danced

more brown than gold, with no

than I was in the

or performing elaborate pranks. Nicholas, the more serious one,

and in a panic, the fire department had been called in. Julian had laughed and said it wasn’t a real fire. He

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