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.

my nightgown, I was dragged through the hallways. It was

out of

cameras were nowhere to be seen. Likely this was not

to see.

the ground floor, near the back

let me change,” I said, hoping to appeal to her sense of decency. If I went out into the storm

would soak

should have

had the time? Somewhere between being startled

her would get

out into the gardens. They

move,” one of them warned. Then they

was facing away from the palace.

looking out at the flowers

like tiny, frozen daggers. After only a few minutes, my nightgown was entirely damp, clinging to me

I wrapped my

said I couldn’t do that. It was all I had to fight

growing chill.

there. The cold had set in. The

nearby tree and

flowed freely, with the rain to hide them. I was

1. up.

what they wanted me to do. They

wouldn’t. I couldn’t. Elva needed her medicine. Julian and I were going to expose

trade. And Nicholas…

Nicholas yesterday. The way he smiled. His kindness when

again like we had been in the past, but I’d enjoyed being around