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.”

but that made his expression no more readable. I could practically see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information, but I

to

he said, when he had reached a conclusion. “Have you ever considered

being taken weren’t mere

“What do you

sister with the implicit purpose of

into silence once more. My wolf had been strong, but to purposefully target my

to steal my wolf and my

hummed to himself, then nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this information with

I exhaled in relief.

guarantee for how long I’ll keep

hold this over my head then, for

who knew what purpose.

now indebted to Julian, and that knowledge brought me absolutely

yourself,” Julian said. “You might find there

out more truth, perhaps it might ease the

turned the words over in my mind, trying to decide if they were a threat or not, Julian slid his gaze

Elva.

of your family line, the child’s future

were, she might become

so casually, as

referenced. Weak as I was, I wouldn’t be able to protect Elva if those

Luna… maybe I could