The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0079

“We were renting an apartment with a friend of mine, Anna. I worked hard for that life. Sometimes I even,

well… I’ve let more experiences happen than I should have, for the sake of a paycheck.”

My hands ached. Looking down I realized I held the wooden armrests of the chair in a white–knuckled

grip. I attempted to loosen my hold. “Were you harmed?”

“Not for the lack of effort on their part,” Piper said. “My boss at this last job was particularly vile, but your

guards came to retrieve me at just the right moment.”

My grip returned tenfold. The wood creaked.

I wanted to tell her that she was safe now, and that people like that would never be able to touch her again. I wanted her to give me this vermin’s name so I could chase him down and have him locked in the

dungeon.

I considered yet doing the last one, when Elva’s condition wasn’t quite so dire. But the previous I could

I

not promise.

if she would continue to be allowed to stay at the palace. And the

attention to us both.

I had to

I could. I sat in the chair

the early morning hours, Elva’s fever finally broke, and Piper was able to

to alert the physician.

I returned to Piper, she was fast asleep. She must have

knew she didn’t have to worry anymore, her

as not to wake her, I hooked an arm under her knees and the other

other side of the bed and lowered her

over her tired body and tucked

watched over

came to collect me in the morning. When I saw him enter the room,

him. The weather forecasts had predicted a miniscule

He was holding something back.

for

“Mark?”

see it for yourself. The royal family is gathered in your father’s

Piper and Elva continued to doze, even as

and watch over them in your stead, Prince Nicholas,” Mark

assurance was I able to pull myself away. “Very well. Thank you,

Mark nodded.

glance behind me, then I made my

my father’s room, my parents and two brothers were standing in a half–circle around the television. A weather