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.

to be disqualified because of

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

head. “You are such

my chest. I knew I wasn’t special to Nicholas anymore, but

no less each

again and again

go, Julian,”

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

For you, Piper,” Julian said. “And Nicholas, if Piper

you can

laughed again, like everything was

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

the palace.

the side of the driveway, and Brian drove the

began to feel nervous. I rubbed a hand up

“Thank you,” I said.

gaze at something over my shoulder, refusing to

same for any of the

than I should have allowed. I tried to hide my hurt reaction, but

do

I had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so difficult to think of him as a

had corrected me,

really hoped

waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into my path and stopped, hands

There won’t be an

you mean?”

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

hadn’t seen her since she was sleeping. Reasonable or not, I

health. Mornings were sometimes

her forehead. “You

have a choice. I would have

something was

corrected.

the palace toward the grand glass double–doors that led out

flowers and bushes, I noticed she was taking

her entourage had arranged a tea party in the

chairs and a

was meeting a girl. Was this

arranged?

choose to meet with me here?

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