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.

It was early, just before dawn,

out of their doors to

seen. Likely this

to see.

near the back door, Lena had her

to appeal to her sense of decency. If I went

it would

sneered. “You should have thought of that

had the time? Somewhere between being startled awake and

her would get me nowhere. I had no

me forward, out into the gardens. They forced me down to my knees in

them warned. Then they disappeared somewhere

facing away from the palace. I couldn’t see what happened

better though, I reasoned, looking out at the flowers and

daggers. After only a few minutes, my nightgown was entirely damp, clinging

I wrapped my

do that.

growing chill.

long I kneeled there. The cold had

struck a nearby tree and

to hide them. I was cold and tired and miserable,

1. up.

wanted me to do. They hoped I would

couldn’t. Elva needed her medicine. Julian

trade. And Nicholas…

Nicholas yesterday. The way he smiled. His kindness when playing with

in the past, but I’d enjoyed being around him. Compared to my other reasons to want