The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0011

You and Nicholas have a special bond, and I can’t wait to see how far I can bend it.

I didn’t understand Julian at first. Nicholas and I hadn’t been a couple in three years. Whatever bond we

had was assuredly broken by now. The plans Julian had for us would make no difference anymore.

But then I realized, this wasn’t about me, or me and Nicholas as a couple.

Julian’s hostility was aimed fully at Nicholas himself.

They had always seemed like fierce enemies at the Academy. Perhaps the addition of them being brothers didn’t make that perception untrue. Maybe it only intensified their rivalry.

“If you are planning on using me against Nicholas, you are making a big mistake,” I said. “Nicholas no longer cares for me. In fact, he likely hates me. You’d be wasting your time.”

Julian’s smile neither grew nor wavered. He merely watched me a moment, then dipped his head. “Good luck in the selection, Piper.”

Without another word, he turned and exited the room.

I had no idea what he was thinking.

to me had

placing our clothes into the empty drawers of a nearby dresser. Elval was diligently

Mommy? A painted vase atop a cabinet

that? On the wall, a portrait of

that!” Out the window, a pair of horses grazed in a fenced–in

to her toys. Ed pulled the comforter off the bed

hide

restond to impacking

Thad only

door swung open, Nicholas stood there with a few of

into my throat at the sight of him. It must have been a reflex. So many times he’d sneaked into my room at the Academy. Seeing him now, in my doorway, sent me straight back

mine. I wondered if he was there in the past with

then he

I come

I said. Then, remembering myself, I added, “Your

furrowed at the use of his

was

waved forward one of the

little. “Nice