The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0035

The guards grabbed me by the arms and yanked me to my feet. Once I was standing, they continued to

grip, as if I might try to run away.

I’m not surprised,” Lena said, turning up her nose at me. “It was only a matter of time before this one

started some trouble.”

I struggled to maintain my calm. “She wished harm onto my daughter.”

Kirsten rolled her eyes. “Please. No one believes that. I am of the highest breeding. My word carries so

much more weight than yours, or that of your spawn.”

“But-

off

“Save your excuses for the head of the royal guard.” Lena cut me off. “He’ll be the one deciding a

punishment that will fit this show of disrespect.”

The head of the royal guard? Not the King or Queen or the princes?

on my face. “Arguments between candidates are too

matters can be handled by the palace

my stomach. What punishment could the head

be ejected from the competition without the royal family’s consent.

flat before the first elimination. But expulsion wasn’t

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take away some of my freedom of movement through the grounds. Perhaps, they would want me to perform physical

punishments I could handle. None of them were what made me

deepest fear was that they would take

kept me silent and complacent, as Kirsten laughed in my

Prince Nicholas would save you again?

deserve to breathe the

speak to,” I said, daring a soft

anyone common was a slight he didn’t

had been regarding our shared past, not

twitched, revealing the truth of her barely–hidden

only talks to you because he is a good

actually have a chance

place here. I knew I was allowed to

family among the common

like me had

that she was not breaking me, Kirsten’s smile wavered, and her

You don’t even have a wolf! How could a

“She does