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?”

It seemed even she couldn’t lie to her

she said. “I only ever wished

the royal throne.”

kill someone?” Nicholas said. “Piper could have

contest. I had no reason to believe that this girl would wander alone into the forest without the

that is exactly what happened,”

Lena bowed.

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

had happened

is an evening of supposed celebration,” the King said. “We will

be

the King said. All eyes looked

send in your

rest of

Lena scurried to obey the Luna’s command, scrambling

rubbed his forehead.

he hurried closer. “Great news! The

applaud you for making the choosing of Piper so

The King pushed him

producer quickly filled the new open space. “We need to move into the second area now, Your Majesty, if you’d allow.”

I whispered to Nicholas.

are holding a small party for those that remain,” Nicholas replied, voice just as soft. “You’ll get more camers time and a personal audience

of that sounded very appealing at the moment,

to send me home

doing here, Nicholas should have sent me home, Hedert

I was, one of the 15 remaining girls, with Nicholas himself having stuck his neck out to save me. I didn’t begin to know

out for the night,” I said. If I was there,

party.

his

wanted me to stay?

that now, just like three years ago,

simple

well,” I said.

line of remaining girls. The cameramen were setting up to record a long shot, moving one by one through the

was completed, we waited as a group while hors d’oeuvres were served, as the King’s servants pulled each girl one by one for her personal

an orchestra was setting up. In the other corner, a water station was prepared beside a table of champagne

with me, twice he got no farther than, “Piper, if

he was escorted

King has had

more forcefully on

long, it was my turn to face the King. The servants guided

the Queen for my

had assured me.