Chapter 0071

I should have known better.

He stood from the bed. “There are many girls here who would make good Lunas. Olivia is perhaps the

strongest of the group.”

I don’t know what I had been expecting, but my stomach still twisted uncomfortably as he spoke

other girls.

“She’s beautiful and cunning. And she has a strong following in the public. Lilliana has the proper

demeanor. And then there’s –”

“Okay, that’s enough. I get the picture.”

Nicholas shrugged, as if to say, you asked.

I regretted that choice.

“Rest now,” Nicholas said. “I’ll send my physician to check on you.”

Without another word, he walked to the door and left me.

the

so confused. His rescue had been daring. For a moment, I had almost

then when he had talked

duty. Maybe he

girls.

head and groaned. The mixed messages were hard

even certain what I wanted to be

to help me sort through it, but I had no

how she was paying for my half of the

I wondered

could call her, but that was impossible. Since my phone was confiscated on the first day

no way to communicate with

helped bring me some peace. I tried to imagine what

I could

are so sure you are going to be eliminated – which, I’m not convinced of, by the way

every second you are there. Eat that good food. Walk through

last of which, she would say with a

her imaginary antics, I drifted off

and no shortness of luck, I was able to recover by the next day with

had sniffles and a headache, but no

my sickness, she was set

stayed by her side at all

never dare chance passing my

suffer a

not keep me away from my other responsibilities of the

was called down to the parlor with the rest of the candidates for

entered the room, the other girls all kept fair distance from

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