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.

candidate to be disqualified

if it was Lilliana

his head. “You are such a

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

less each

again and again

it go, Julian,” I said.

me, but his expression was unreadable. When had he begun to shield his true self so defensively?

if Piper gets into any trouble for this, I’ll take the

So you can

laughed again, like everything was

Brian approached us, Julian tossed him the keys to the

the palace.

ushered me to the side of the driveway, and Brian drove the car back to the

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

“Thank you,” I said.

gaze at something over my shoulder, refusing to meet

for

cut me more than I should have allowed. I tried to hide

could do was escape. “If you’ll excuse

his title again. Sometimes, with the way

nor Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they

hoped they hadn’t

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

Finally. There won’t

you

smug. “You’ve been summoned to speak with the Luna.

first.” I hadn’t seen her since

health. Mornings were sometimes

rose high on her forehead. “You intend to keep

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

something

I corrected. T’ll follow

led me through the palace toward the grand glass double–doors that

noticed she was

Queen and her entourage had arranged a tea

and a table. Even

Nicholas was meeting a girl. Was

arranged?

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

her son.