Chapter 0070

My eyes went wide. As poor as I felt, I still pushed myself upright on the bed – until he placed a hand on

my shoulder and eased me back down.

“I won’t give up,” I told him. “I can’t.”

“I wouldn’t ask you to, except for your own safety, Piper. If you truly don’t care about being Luna, like you say, then you should care more for yourself. The people here only want to do you harm.”

“It doesn’t matter what happens to me. Can’t you see? I will stay. I’ll do anything they want to make sure

that Elva continues to get the best medical care.”

“Even if this happens again?”

“Even then.”

Crossing his arms, he let out a quiet sigh. “I’d forgotten how stubborn you could be.”

“Only with important things.”

I felt a bit strange with him standing so rigidly beside the bed while I was within it. I motioned toward the

edge of the bed.

“You can sit if you want.”

moment, he propped himself on the

as he could be. “You asked

wasn’t entirely certain. I had just wanted him near. “I don’t want

maids would sit with

trust

gaze focused on me

without a word.” I smoothed out the blankets on my lap. “Though I

would have found another

I thought you should leave.”

let them win like that, by scaring me off.

Everyone knows I’ll be the first to

“You seem certain.”

as a publicity

in acknowledgement but didn’t

up, and with that warmth, sleepiness followed.

away, and words came

the

gave me a curious look. I had

three men is

ever supposed

are essential,” Nicholas said. “The royal family needs a strong

might

the public into your lives

looked away. “None of us have found our mates on our own,

refused to believe that someone like Nicholas would have trouble finding someone

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