The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0093

The Luna audibly gasped. Some of the girls around me started screaming. Guards quickly moved in to usher them from the room. I was urged forward.

“End the program,” the King shouted. “Now.”

The cameras immediately shut off.

Before I could reach the staircase and earn my favor from the prince of my choice, my path was blocked

with a very angry King and Queen,

“Nicholas!” the King shouted.

“What have you done?” the Luna cried.

Nicholas quickly came down the staircase to join me at my side. I stared at him, bewildered.

“You heard the public,” he said. “This is what they wanted, even if you were too bullheaded to see it.”

“Careful,” the King said.

“Piper won the people’s favor. More, she won the game by the rules we’d assigned.”

“I can do one better than that, even,” Julian said, jumping down from the stage. He carried

my broken

bow in his hands. Where had he gotten it? Had his Beta kept it hidden for him?

He threw it down into the space between the King and Queen, and me and Nicholas.

“She excelled even when our own staff tried to have her killed,” Julian said.

“Our staff?” the Luna gasped.

“Who?” the King demanded.

Julian and Nicholas both shifted their gazes to where Lena was tucked in the Queen’s shadow.

Her face went pale.

Julian smirked, “Anything to say, Lena?”

She seemed set, like she had no intention of moving. The Queen herself motioned her forward.

“Is this true?” The Luna motioned to the broken bow. “Is this your doing?”

head. She did not answer. It seemed even she couldn’t lie to her queen.

said. “I only ever wished to preserve the sanctity of

the royal throne.”

to kill someone?” Nicholas said. “Piper could have died had her wolf not

not intend her physical harm. I only wished to keep her from finishing the contest. I had no reason to believe that this girl would wander alone into the forest without the protection of a prince.”

what happened,” Nicholas said.

Lena bowed.

and Queen looked at each other. Neither seemed pleased by this revelation, or truly by anything

happened tonight.

of supposed celebration,” the King

be reprimanded?” Nicholas

the King said. All eyes

out and send in your successor. I

the rest of

Queen.” Lena scurried to obey the Luna’s

his forehead. “What an absolute

he hurried closer. “Great news! The public has now

selection. They applaud you for making

The King pushed him away.

new open space. “We need to move into

area?” I whispered to

those that remain,” Nicholas replied, voice just as soft. “You’ll get more camers time and a personal audience with the

of that sounded very appealing at the moment, knowing the King and Queen specifically

send me home

here, Nicholas should have

with Nicholas himself having stuck his neck out to save me. I didn’t

the night,” I said. If I was there, I would

party.

his head. “Stay.”

wanted me to stay?

just like three years ago,

simple

well,” I said.

we were led into the ballroom. The servants directed me to join the line of remaining girls. The cameramen were setting up to record a long shot, moving one by one through the fifteen, until every girls‘ name and face was

group while hors d’oeuvres were served, as the King’s servants pulled

of the room, an orchestra was setting up. In the other corner,

speak with me, twice he got no farther than, “Piper, if we could…”

was escorted away by Nathan,

girls will be available to talk after the King has had

on the second.

it was my turn to face the King. The servants guided me to a familiar

for my unfashionable glove length. This time, my gloves had

Charlotte had