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.

first elimination coming up, I did not know if she would continue to be allowed to stay at the palace. And the minute she was beyond these walls, I could

attention to us both.

and when she left, I had to let

sat in the chair beside Piper’s as

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

to alert the physician.

to Piper, she was fast asleep. She must

moment she knew she didn’t have to worry

wake her, I hooked an arm under her knees and the other around her back, and

against me. I carried her around to the other

lifted the covers up over her

over Piper and Elva both until the physician

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

asked him. The weather forecasts had predicted a miniscule

hesitated. He was holding something back. Unusual. He

need for further

“Mark?”

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

where Piper and Elva continued to

them in your

able to pull myself away. “Very well. Thank

Mark nodded.

behind me, then I made my way

around the television. A weather report blared on the screen. Red