The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 23

Chapter 0023

When I returned to the bedroom, Elva was missing from the bed. I nearly screamed, were it not for both of maids, who quickly approached me.

“W–where’s Elva?” I asked them, panic quaking my voice.

“You caused a right commotion, running around,” the talkative maid said. “It was enough to catch the

attention of Prince Nicholas.”

Nicholas? “He’s still at the banquet…?”

I remembered looking back at him as I was leaving. He’d been smiling at an eager girl desperate for his

attention.

“The banquet is still occurring,” the maid said. “He must have excused himself early.”

Why would he do such a thing? Surely he hadn’t overheard what Susie said about Elva? Even if he had, he w

wouldn’t have cared… would he?

“Prince Nicholas.came in here,” the quieter maid said. “He felt Elva’s fever, and then carried her out of

this room himself.”

worries. I struggled to think straight.

had to be

palace, would he? She was just a little

certain of that. Especially when I thought

would he

a prince. Nowhere in the palace was off–limits to him.

a grave offense. Nathan

to be strong for Elva. I needed to

I wanted to scream in

I

knacked on the door, I glanced,

who had told me

looking fully at me. “Miss Piper, you are to go to the

me. I’ll

me through the back hallways of

places was surely allowed if I’d been summoned, right? I didn’t have time to worry.

it brought

and a wall of bookcases. Several

equipment and microscopes.

far

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