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.

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

attention to us both.

she left, I had to let

would do what I could. I sat in the chair beside

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

to alert the physician.

Piper, she was fast asleep. She must have

she didn’t have to worry anymore, her body sunk fast into necessary

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

against me. I carried her around to the other

the covers up over

watched over Piper and

I saw him enter the room, I stood, leaving the physician to her work

him. The weather forecasts had predicted a

rain…” Mark hesitated. He was holding something back. Unusual. He typically told

need for further

“Mark?”

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

me, where Piper and Elva continued to doze, even as the physician attended

will stay and watch over them in your stead,

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

Mark nodded.

myself only one last quick glance behind me, then I made my way

brothers were standing in a half–circle around the television. A weather report blared on the screen. Red