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

So if it was Lilliana

head. “You are

my chest. I knew I wasn’t

less

again and again

let it go,

When had he begun to

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

you can

Nicholas and me, Julian laughed again, like everything was a

approached us, Julian tossed him the keys to the

the palace.

the driveway, and Brian drove the car back to the

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

“Thank you,” I said.

He kept his gaze at something over my shoulder, refusing

same for any of the

me more than I should have allowed. I tried to hide my hurt reaction, but I wasn’t as trained at concealing my emotions as he

could do was escape.

Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it

corrected me, so

hoped

waylaid by Lena, who

won’t be an escape

you mean?”

smiled, smug. “You’ve been summoned to speak with the Luna. Follow me.

her since she was sleeping. Reasonable

about her health. Mornings were sometimes

Lena’s brows rose high on her forehead. “You intend to keep your Queen

that, I supposed I didn’t have a choice.

something

I corrected. T’ll

grand glass

flowers and bushes, I noticed she was taking me closer to the

had arranged a tea party in the

and a table. Even a table

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

arranged?

would the Queen choose to meet with me here? It felt like a trap somehow, though

she wasn’t aware of my past relationship with her son. She