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.

be right for any candidate to be disqualified because of

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

head. “You are such a

chest. I knew I wasn’t special to

less each

again and again

it go, Julian,” I said.

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

said. “And Nicholas, if Piper gets

you can

and me, Julian laughed again, like

tossed him the keys to the car

the palace.

driveway, and

Nicholas and I alone, I began to feel nervous. I rubbed a hand

“Thank you,” I said.

kept his gaze at something over my shoulder,

done the same for any of

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

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

when I was walking away did I noticed I had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so

Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they hadn’t noticed…

really hoped

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

Finally. There won’t be an escape this

you

to speak with the Luna. Follow me. She is in the

check on Elva first.” I hadn’t seen her since she was sleeping. Reasonable

health. Mornings were

her forehead. “You intend to keep your

like that, I supposed I didn’t have a

something

corrected. T’ll follow

through the palace toward the grand glass double–doors that led out into the gardens.

the flowers and bushes, I noticed she

a tea party in the

chairs and a table. Even

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

arranged?

the Queen choose to meet with me here? It

aware of my past relationship with her son. She never brought it up before, if she