The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0049

No, that was a foolish notion. He was kind to Elva because he was a kind person. At the end of the day, Elva and I were going to be eliminated from the competition.

We’d leave the palace, return to our little apartment with Anna, and never hear from Nicholas again, We’d probably see him on television sometimes, with updates on his new family.

It might hurt to see, but that was life.

Dreams were dreams. Reality was reality.

I couldn’t have both.

“It’s so nice of Prince Nicholas to spend so much time with you and your daughter,” said one of the other girls to me

“Looks good for the cameras, too,” said another girl, pointing as a cameraman came close to Elva.

Odd, I hadn’t really noticed them before.

Neither, apparently, had Nicholas. Because the moment he spotted the camera following Elva, he swung her the other way, out of the camera’s line of sight.

he’s doing it just for show?”

second girl relented. “It just shows off a side of him people don’t get to see. I’m

Elva and I were only here as a publicity stunt. But even so, Nicholas was not the type of person to

it’s fun to see while it lasts,” another girl said. “Hope you are enjoying yourself too, Piper. We all know

polite smile but didn’t say anything. I knew I’d be gone soon as well as anyone, but it still hurt to hear

those guards

looked up where the other girls were staring. True enough, a pair of guards was weaving their way through the crowd, coming right for

you think they

for them to go by, but instead

“Miss Piper one asked

like they’re here for you,” whispered one of

I told

These must

like me. I wondered what happened to the ones who had initially been

Follow me

to walk away. The other waited for me to follow the first,

1. me.

being arrested or something. But how could that

Elva and Nicholas. They were still dancing, now with her standing on his shoes. He paused, though, when he spotted me. His eyes narrowed as

ballroom and into a side, sitting room. The Queen herself sat on a plush sofa, bracketed by