The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0040

Piper couldn’t think I was running away from her, despite that being exactly what I was doing.

I’d never let her know she had any power over me still.

If she knew, she’d likely use it against me. I continued to suspect that she was only here for nefarious

purposes

Her presence couldn’t have been a coincidence, despite what she said.

Mark caught up with me in the driveway near one of the royal family’s cars. He’d been my Beta a long time. There weren’t many things I didn’t tell him about.

Piper included.

“She’s not like how I pictured her,” Mark said now. “When you mentioned her before, I thought she might actually have cloven hoofs and a tail. A devil, for sure. But meeting her, she seems…. nice.”

“Don’t be deceived.” Like I had been.

I couldn’t let Piper get her hooks into me again. Yet even as I thought it, I could feel my dormant. attachment to her pushing against the outer edges of my heart, trying to make its way back in.

Mark seemed pensive, like he wanted to say more but held himself back.

also my friend and confidant. He was the only person around me anymore with whom I could talk to

can speak your mind,” I told

“You’ve been different since she’s arrived.

hid my true

come out more easily. You’re more

him with a flat

“You told me

can, I said. “That doesn’t mean

her, watch how fast your

“Ridiculous.”

be true. I wouldn’t allow

fall into Piper’s trap again. She’d

wouldn’t lie to me. For him to say these things, meant

to me, if she was making my

for frivolous entanglements like love. That wasn’t an indulgence

myself since I hid my identity to

then, what I had to do. Even if

I made my move. With Mark’s reluctant help, we had dwindled down the perfect candidate for what I planned to

and soft–spoken. Her demeanor

She seemed a bit demure for

what would be

reasoned. I ignored the

for the banquet