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

as trivial as

family, the Queen had said. Unlikely. She had always been fickle with

to such an extent that

like

she’d garnered unwanted attention simply by being here, but to see my own

made my

our kingdom’s people, and yet, the Queen herself

for not

of the kingdom in mind, I could almost pretend that I was helping

gamer goodwill with

sent Mark to teach Piper the secret greeting solely

wanted to

her dance with Zale while everyone else in the

myself to feet

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immediate danger. This left me time to ponder over other concems. Mainly, why didn’t Piper’s

that it had been Piper’s duty alone to know, but we had

one to suggest the harsh

the thrones, but she was gone from her usual

look on his face. I nodded approvingly.

always.

he could tell

you looking for someone?”

“Lena,” I said.

comer

sir.”

that direction. Mark,