The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0053

Nicholas

I had no idea why I decided to help Piper. She had betrayed me in the past. By all accounts, I should

have been pleased to see her fail.

Yet, when I stood outside the sitting room and heard Lena suggest the traditional punishment for Piper, I

couldn’t stand idly by and do nothing.

The thought of Piper kneeling out in a storm, soaked, chilled, and miserable sent an unfamiliar tremor of

rage through me.

I didn’t feel strong emotions like that anymore, not since I turned off my heart three years ago. But this

hot anger had been enough to melt through my emotional freeze.

I couldn’t be detached, not with this.

Ambassador Zale had taught the royal family the secret Merfolk greeting only a few hours before. The

timing had been peculiar, almost as if he had expected us to utilize this new knowledge to help the girls

with the challenge, if we so wished.

I hadn’t intended to teach the greeting to anyone. But that had been before the Queen threatened Piper

something as trivial as

had said. Unlikely. She had always been fickle with

an extent that she would exert so vicious

felt purposeful, like

being

cruelty made my

the favor of our kingdom’s

of them for not knowing her obscure,

the kingdom in mind, I could

goodwill

my heart knew the truth. I sent Mark

wanted to

with Zale while everyone else in the room stared

myself to feet

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This left me time to ponder over other

implied that it had been Piper’s duty alone to know, but we had assigned knowledgeable maids to each of the girls precisely to prevent these kinds of

one to suggest the harsh

her behind the thrones, but she was

on his face. I nodded approvingly. He did his

always.

now, how quickly he could tell something was

looking for someone?”

“Lena,” I said.

door in a comer of the

sir.”

I began walking in that direction. Mark, without