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.

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

can speak your mind,” I

been different since she’s arrived. Almost

hid my true thoughts away from

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

him with a

sheepish “You told

can, I said. “That doesn’t mean

time you are around her, watch how fast your emotions trigger, especially when dompared to when

“Ridiculous.”

true.

into Piper’s

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

dangerous to me, if she

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

myself since I hid my

had to do. Even if it made

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

soft–spoken. Her demeanor was

seemed a bit demure for my tastes, but then,

was about what would be best for

Luna, I reasoned. I ignored the way that thought made

the girls arrived for the banquet that night, I