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

Lilliana I had out

“You are such

knew I wasn’t

less

again and again

it go, Julian,” I said.

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

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

you

laughed again, like

him the keys to the car and started walking

the palace.

the driveway, and Brian

feel nervous. I

“Thank you,” I said.

his gaze at something over my shoulder,

for any

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

only thing I could do was escape. “If you’ll

I was walking away did I noticed I had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so difficult to think of him as a

nor Nicholas had corrected me,

really hoped they hadn’t

was waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into my path

you are. Finally. There won’t be an escape

do you mean?”

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

on Elva first.” I hadn’t seen her since she was sleeping. Reasonable or

health. Mornings were sometimes

on her forehead. “You intend to keep your

put it like that, I supposed I didn’t have a choice. I would have to trust the nanny to

something was

corrected. T’ll follow

toward the grand glass double–doors that led out into the

noticed she was taking me closer

Queen and her entourage had arranged a tea party in the flower

chairs and a table.

meeting a girl. Was this another solo date? When had that

arranged?

choose to meet with me here? It felt like a

of my past relationship with her son. She never