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.

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

attention to us both.

when she left, I had

sat in the chair

broke, and Piper was able

to alert the physician.

She must have been so relieved and so

didn’t have to worry

I hooked 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 bed and lowered her down within

up over her tired body and tucked her

returned to my chair and watched over Piper and Elva both until

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

forecasts had

He was holding something back. Unusual. He typically

need for

“Mark?”

yourself. The royal family is gathered in

where Piper and Elva continued to doze, even as

will stay and watch over them in your stead, Prince

that assurance was I able to pull myself away.

Mark nodded.

last quick glance behind me,

the television. A weather report blared on the screen. Red bars flickered at the top