The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0059

Quickly, I exited the car, Julian sighed, threw the car into park, and got out too.

“Over here, Piper,” Nicholas said, motioning to the space beside him. Obediently, I went where he

directed.

Softly, he asked me, “Are you alright?”

The question startled me a moment. I wasn’t sure why he cared. But I assuaged his concerns. “I’m not

hurt.”

Nicholas nodded at me, then rounded on Julian. His voice was thick with fury.

“How could you do something like this? You broke all the rules. Do you not care at all that you’ve potentially endangered Piper’s candidacy for the games?”

Julian rolled his eyes. “It was just a bit of fun, Nicholas.”

“At her expense. You have nothing to lose. She could be punished for your little act of rebellion.”

My y stomach twisted uncomfortably. I hadn’t thought of the consequences like this. I’d just followed

Julian. Was I truly at risk of being expelled?

“It’s not that big of a deal. I doubt anyone noticed.”

“Everyone noticed you zoom out of here first thing in the morning. They even caught your act on

camera.” He waved toward the front gate, where I remembered seeing the camera crew earlier.

Julian glanced from Nicholas to me, and then back again. His smile turned cat–like.

“Just a short while ago, Piper was telling me that you didn’t care about her anymore. Yet here you are,

coming to her rescue like a perfect knight in shining armor.”

Nicholas stiffened. “I don’t care.”

I lowered my head.

“Then why so serious, dear brother?” Julian asked.

any candidate to be disqualified because

huh? So if it was Lilliana I had out here, you’d still

“You

I wasn’t special to Nicholas anymore, but to have him confirm

no less

again and again

let it go, Julian,” I

glanced at me, but his expression was unreadable. When had he begun to shield

you, Piper,” Julian said. “And Nicholas, if Piper gets into any trouble for this, I’ll

So you

laughed

his Beta Brian approached us, Julian tossed him the keys to

the palace.

me to the side of the driveway, and Brian drove the car back to

nervous. I rubbed a hand up and down

“Thank you,” I said.

at something over my shoulder, refusing to meet my eyes.

for any of the

hide my hurt reaction, but I wasn’t as trained

do was escape. “If you’ll excuse

without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so difficult

nor Nicholas had corrected me,

hoped they hadn’t

I hurried toward my room, but I was waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into my path and stopped, hands on her

There won’t be

do you mean?”

with the Luna. Follow me. She

seen her since she was

health. Mornings

on her forehead. “You intend

that, I supposed I didn’t have a choice. I would have to trust the nanny to

if something was

corrected. T’ll follow

the grand

flowers and bushes, I noticed she was taking me

and her entourage had arranged a tea

out cushioned chairs and a table. Even a table

of the stables, Nicholas was meeting a girl. Was this another solo

arranged?

Queen choose to meet with me here? It felt

she wasn’t aware of my past relationship with her son. She never brought it up before, if she