The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0068

I awoke the next morning to the sound of thunder outside my window and pounding on my bedroom door. I’d barely gotten out of bed when the door burst open and a slew of Joseph’s guards flooded in.

“Mommy!” Elva shouted as she hid under the covers.

“At least let me get dressed,” I said, holding up my hands.

The guard closest to me shook his head. “Orders are orders.” He grabbed me roughly by the arm and

dragged me toward the door.

met

In the hallway, Joseph’s guards were arguing with Nicholas’s. Mark was running toward me.

“Mark!” I called to him. “Elva’s in there!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll watch her!” he called back. He tried to come closer to me, but one of the guards roughly

shoved him. “Hey!”

“Mark, please.” I was worried he might start something. “Elva!”

Mark grit his teeth, but stepped backwards, letting the guards and me pass.

“Keep her away from this! Please!”

“I will,” he promised.

the hallways. It

peeked their heads out of their doors to

seen. Likely this was

to see.

ground floor, near the back door, Lena had her

appeal to her sense of decency. If I went out

it would

should have thought of that

Somewhere between being startled awake

her would get me nowhere. I

They forced

one of them warned.

the palace. I couldn’t see what

reasoned, looking out at the flowers and

me like tiny, frozen daggers. After only a few minutes,

I wrapped my

do that. It was all I had to fight

growing chill.

kneeled there. The cold had set in. The wind had

a nearby tree

I was

1. up.

they wanted me to do. They hoped I would give up and

her medicine. Julian and I were going to expose the

trade. And Nicholas…

The way he smiled. His

past, but I’d enjoyed being around him. Compared to my other reasons to want to stay, this one