The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0095

“You would deny the direct command of your prince?” he asked, voice firm. It was an act, I knew him enough to be able to tell. But he was giving me the reason I needed comply with his wishes if I so chose.

And I desperately wanted to.

“Okay,” I said at last. He utilized his servants to draw attention away from us. When he was certain we were safe, he whisked me away, out onto the balcony where we were alone

Night had set in. The moon was bright above us, illuminating the spacious balcony more than the

candlelight could.

Nicholas maintained distance, not touching, though he stayed close enough to reach for me if I faltered. My twisted ankle felt much better now, though, so I walked steadily. It was only my hands that were

shaking.

We stopped at the railing, and together looked out over the darkness. I thought the gardens might be

below, but I couldn’t be certain.

He stood beside me, looking at me rather than the view.

“Piper,” he prompted.

about us,” I

He froze

He knows everything.” I clasped my hands together. “He told me to stay away from you: He’s right, Nicholas. I should stay away.”

his palm into the small of my back. I should have shied from the

closeness was the comfort I

to die. A tear escape

marred Nicholas’s voice, tightening it a bit

“Elva told me you keep my picture in your

breath caught in my throat. Elva had told him about

seen it so much Hed she recognized him from the start?

he said, before I could decide whether or not to deny it. “I can tell just by looking

head, as shame crept in. I allowed myself one last picture of him. I’d purged everything else,

knew we couldn’t be together but I didn’t want to let him go, not all the way. I wanted to at least

said, and he sounded almost as broken as I

picture?”

I didn’t have a

how

didn’t.” The words came out in my grief and my upset.

confused. The flecks of green