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

had been daring. For a moment, I had almost

then when he had

of a sense of duty. Maybe he would have done the same for any of

girls.

groaned. The mixed messages were hard to decipher, and then,

even certain what I wanted to

it, but I had no way to talk to

was paying for my

another roommate. I wondered what

wished I could call her, but that was impossible. Since my phone was confiscated on

no way to communicate with the

and her steady comfort helped bring me some peace. I tried to

say if I could talk to

be eliminated

Eat that good food. Walk

she would say

antics, I

and no shortness of luck, I was able to

I had sniffles and a headache,

was set up

side at all

her, but I’d never dare chance passing my

suffer a much worse

away from my other responsibilities of the game, however,

to the parlor with the

kept fair distance

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