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.

wouldn’t be right for any candidate to be

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

head. “You are

felt a crackle in my chest. I knew I wasn’t

less

again and again

it go, Julian,” I said.

was unreadable. When had he begun to shield his true self so defensively?

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

you can

between Nicholas and me, Julian laughed

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

the palace.

side of the driveway, and Brian drove

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

“Thank you,” I said.

something over my shoulder,

done the same for

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

thing I could do was

noticed I had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so difficult to

neither Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me,

hoped they

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

Finally. There won’t

you mean?”

with the

hadn’t seen her since she was sleeping. Reasonable or

her health. Mornings were sometimes

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

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

something was

corrected. T’ll

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

noticed she was taking me closer

entourage had arranged a tea party in the flower field near the

and a table. Even

was meeting a girl. Was this another solo date?

arranged?

would the Queen choose to meet with me here? It

relationship with her