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.”

I could practically see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information, but I hadn’t a clue yet

to

had reached a conclusion. “Have you ever considered that your departure

your wolf being taken weren’t mere

“What

sister with the implicit purpose of obtaining

wolf had

to steal my wolf and my power?

nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this

I exhaled in relief.

how

next inhale, my anxiety returned. He’d hold this over my head then, for who

who knew what purpose.

to Julian, and that knowledge

yourself,” Julian said. “You

perhaps it might ease the

decide if

Elva.

part of your family line, the child’s future abilities would

like yours were, she might become the next

said the words so casually, as if he’d

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

become Luna… maybe