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 your careless

candidate, huh? So if it was Lilliana I had out here,

head. “You

felt a crackle in my chest. I knew I wasn’t special to Nicholas anymore, but to

less each

again and again

let it go, Julian,”

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

Piper,” Julian said. “And Nicholas, if Piper gets

So you

Nicholas and me, Julian laughed again,

approached us, Julian tossed him the keys to the car and started walking

the palace.

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

began to feel nervous. I rubbed a hand up and

“Thank you,” I said.

something over

same for

tried to hide my hurt reaction, but

thing I could do was escape.

had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way

neither Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me,

hoped they hadn’t

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

you are. Finally. There won’t

you mean?”

been summoned to speak with the Luna. Follow me. She is

should check on Elva first.” I hadn’t seen her since she was

health. Mornings

high on her forehead. “You intend to keep

have a choice. I would have

if something

I corrected.

through the palace toward the grand glass double–doors

the flowers and bushes, I noticed she was

a tea party in the flower field

cushioned chairs and a table. Even a

Nicholas was meeting a girl.

arranged?

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

past relationship with her son. She never brought it up