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.

right for any candidate to

if it was Lilliana I

his head. “You

I wasn’t special to Nicholas anymore, but

less each

again and again

it go, Julian,”

he begun to shield his true

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

you can

Nicholas and me, Julian laughed again, like everything was

approached us, Julian tossed him the

the palace.

me to the side of the driveway, and

nervous.

“Thank you,” I said.

at something over my shoulder, refusing

for any of the

I tried to hide my hurt reaction, but I wasn’t as trained at concealing

do was escape. “If

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 difficult to think of him

Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they hadn’t

really hoped they

toward my room, but I was waylaid by Lena, who walked

you are. Finally. There won’t

you mean?”

smug. “You’ve been summoned to speak with the Luna. Follow me. She is in

hadn’t seen her

about her health. Mornings

high on her forehead. “You intend to keep

have a choice. I would have to

if something was

I corrected. T’ll follow

me through the palace toward the grand glass

bushes, I noticed

arranged a tea party in the

brought out cushioned chairs and

front of the stables, Nicholas was meeting a girl. Was this another solo date? When

arranged?

would the Queen choose to meet with me here? It felt like

relationship with her son. She never brought it up