The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0032

The fact was, for whatever the reason, he hadn’t revealed my secret yet. If I played his game, maybe he’d

continue to keep it.

I pressed my hand to his elbow and nudged him closer to the door, further from Elva. I didn’t want her to know the truth yet. We’d have our own conversation in time, when she was old enough to understand.

voice low, just in case, I confessed, “Elva isn’t mine.”

Julian’s perfect veneer finally cracked. His eyes widened for a few solid seconds before he recovered

himself. “Really?”

“She’s the daughter of my twin sister,” I said. The memories burned through my brain, painful and hot.”

sold my wolf to pay off Elva’s ransom.”

“She was being held for ransom?”

“My sister owed too much to so many people. They’d taken Elva as payment. They only gave me so

many days… I did what I had to do.”

the cogs turning in his brain as he

to

he said, when he had reached a conclusion.

wolf being taken weren’t mere

hadn’t. “What

sister with the implicit purpose of obtaining your

once more. My wolf had been strong, but to

steal my wolf and

nodded. “Alright. I won’t

I exhaled in relief.

for how long I’ll

next inhale, my anxiety returned. He’d hold this

who knew what purpose.

now indebted to Julian, and

said. “You might

you can find out more truth, perhaps

trying to decide if they were a threat or not, Julian slid his

Elva.

the child’s future abilities would likely be formidable. If

were, she

said the words so casually, as if he’d been talking about

able to protect Elva if those same people from the underground came

become Luna… maybe I could