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.

hallways. It was

heads out of their doors

Likely this was

to see.

floor, near the back door, Lena had

to her sense

would soak

sneered. “You should have thought of that

have had the time? Somewhere between

talking back to her would

forward, out into the gardens. They forced

move,” one of them warned.

palace. I

reasoned, looking out at the flowers and the

tiny, frozen daggers. After only a few minutes, my nightgown was entirely

I wrapped my

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

growing chill.

long I kneeled there. The cold

a nearby tree

hide them. I was cold and

1. up.

what they wanted me to do. They

medicine. Julian and I were going to expose the

trade. And Nicholas…

The way he smiled. His kindness when playing

but I’d enjoyed