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.

my Beta, but he was also my friend and confidant. He was the only person around me anymore with

speak your mind,” I told

since she’s arrived. Almost

my true thoughts away from

though. “No, seriously. Around her, your emotions come out more easily. You’re more present in the moment, instead

him with a

expression became sheepish “You told

can, I said. “That doesn’t

for yourself. Next time you are around her, watch how fast your emotions trigger,

“Ridiculous.”

true. I wouldn’t

to fall into Piper’s trap

me. For him to say these things, meant

was dangerous to me, if she was making my emotions more

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

since I hid my

to do. Even if it made

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

Lilliana. She was petite and soft–spoken. Her demeanor was flawless, she never

of place. She seemed a bit demure for my tastes,

was about what would

ignored the

the girls arrived for the banquet that