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 your

was Lilliana I had out here, you’d still

“You are such

in my chest. I knew I wasn’t special

no less each

again and again

let it go, Julian,” I

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

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

So you can

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

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

the palace.

the driveway, and Brian drove the

and I alone, I began to feel nervous. I

“Thank you,” I said.

gaze at something over my shoulder, refusing to meet my

same for any

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

thing I could do was escape. “If

his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so difficult to think of him as

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

hoped

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

are. Finally. There won’t be an escape

you mean?”

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

I hadn’t seen her since she

health. Mornings

of Lena’s brows rose high on her forehead. “You intend

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

something

I corrected. T’ll

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

bushes, I noticed she was taking me closer to

tea party in the flower

chairs and a

stables, Nicholas was meeting a girl.

arranged?

to meet with me here?

of my past relationship with her son. She never brought it up