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.

continue to be allowed to stay at the palace. And the

attention to us both.

I

what I could. I sat in the chair beside Piper’s as

morning hours, Elva’s fever finally broke, and Piper was

to alert the physician.

asleep. She must have been so relieved and so exhausted,

have to worry

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

I carried her around to the other side of the

I lifted the covers up over her tired body and tucked

to my chair and watched over Piper and Elva both until the physician

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

storming?” I asked him. The weather forecasts had predicted a miniscule chance of

was holding something back.

for

“Mark?”

need to see it for yourself. The royal family is gathered in your

glanced behind me, where Piper and Elva continued

over them in your

that assurance was I able to pull myself

Mark nodded.

myself only one last quick glance behind me, then

around the television. A weather