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.

He was the only person around me anymore with whom I could talk to without

your

been different since she’s arrived. Almost more… open,

still hid my true thoughts away

come out more easily. You’re more present in the moment, instead of just

him with a flat

sheepish “You told me to speak my

“That doesn’t mean that

your emotions trigger, especially when dompared to when

“Ridiculous.”

true. I

Piper’s trap

to me. For him to say these things, meant he had

was dangerous to me, if she

was a prince. I didn’t have time for frivolous entanglements like love. That wasn’t an

myself since I hid my identity to attend the

knew then, what I had to do. Even if it made me

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

was Lilliana. She was petite and soft–spoken. Her demeanor was flawless, she

seemed a bit demure for

about what would be best for the

reasoned. I ignored the way that

arrived for the banquet that night,