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.

for any candidate to be disqualified

it was Lilliana I had out

shook his head. “You are such a

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

less

again and again

go, Julian,” I

expression was unreadable. When had he begun to shield his true self so defensively? He hadn’t been

Julian said. “And Nicholas, if Piper gets into any trouble for this,

you

and me, Julian laughed again, like

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

the palace.

the side of the driveway, and

to feel nervous. I rubbed

“Thank you,” I said.

something over my shoulder, refusing to meet my eyes.

done the same for any of

The words cut me more than I should have allowed. I tried to hide my hurt reaction, but I wasn’t as trained

thing I could do was escape. “If you’ll excuse

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

nor Nicholas had corrected me,

hoped they hadn’t

but I was waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into my path and stopped,

won’t be an escape this

do you

speak with the Luna. Follow

on Elva first.” I hadn’t seen her since she

health. Mornings were sometimes

of Lena’s brows rose high on her forehead. “You

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

something

I corrected. T’ll

the grand glass double–doors that led out into

and bushes, I noticed she was taking me closer to

a tea

had brought out cushioned chairs and a table. Even

Nicholas was meeting a girl. Was this another solo date? When had that

arranged?

with me here? It felt like a trap somehow,

aware of my past relationship with her son. She never brought it