The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0020

Around us, the girls were speaking with each other and the royal family. Only Nicholas, Susie, and myself

were silent.

The King gave Nicholas a hard look, and Nicholas’s lips twitched like he wanted to frown but didn’t.

I thought he might talk to me, but instead, he leaned forward to see Susie around me.

“It is a pleasant evening, wouldn’t you agree, Susie?”

Susie paled. “You… know my name?”

“Of course. I know the name of every candidate.”

“… oh…” She audibly swallowed a spoonful of soup. “Of course. Sorry to offend.”

“I’m not offended,” Nicholas said. “But, to my question. Wouldn’t you agree?”

Susie’s face shifted from white to red so fast, I worried she might be lightheaded. I placed an arm beside her, ready to catch her if she tilted.

“A–Agree?” Susie stuttered

“Yes.” Nicholas’s brow furrowed slightly. “That the weather is pleasant?”

Yes, very pleasant.” Susie pushed her chair back. “If you’ll excuse

around, seemingly having realized she was still clutching her cloth napkin. She dropped it onto

moved at all otherwise, like he couldn’t quite believe what had

shy,”

at me. He sat back in his chair

Nicholas had gone back to not speaking! www he was furious with me, but if he continued to be so unwelcoming, he

girls, and

zooming in on

the attention to myself. 1, personally,

again, his frown clear

tilted my head toward the

camera and immediately schooled his

me to answer. “I’ve taken to raising some. Beautiful,

“Which is?” I asked.

bird,” he said. His gaze sliced into me. “They lay their eggs in

tactic, but shameless.”

He was talking about me. I

think this was some clever ploy of mine, to

match? To aim higher than I

my mouth with my napkin, giving myself a moment to recover from

Then I spoke.

I

I love birds,”

he feigned interest. He

They are so pure, loyal. Monogamous. Among swans,