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.

elimination coming up, I did not know if she would continue to be allowed to stay at the palace.

attention to us both.

and when she left, I had to let

now, I would do what I could. I sat in the chair beside Piper’s as we held vigil through the

morning hours, Elva’s fever finally broke, and Piper was able to relax. I rose to send

to alert the physician.

she was fast asleep. She must have

worry anymore, her

an arm under her knees and the other around her back, and

up against me. I carried her around to the other side of the

up over her tired body and

returned to my chair and watched over Piper and Elva

morning. When I saw him enter the room, I stood, leaving the

had predicted

was holding something back. Unusual. He

for

“Mark?”

you need to see it for yourself. The

and Elva continued to doze, even as

watch over them in

to pull myself away.

Mark nodded.

glance behind me, then I

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