The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0124

Nicholas’s mouth was so close. As I looked at it, he licked his lips. I licked mine in reply. We leaned

closer, closer, dangerously close..

Then the oven timer dinged.

We immediately straightened, snapping away from each other. Nicholas turned, coughing into his hand.

I reached for the oven mitts and pulled the finished stuffed mushrooms from the oven.

With the tray safely on the counter, I couldn’t find the courage to look at him again.

He cleared his throat. “Nostalgia does tricky things to the mind.”

“It does,” I agreed, thankful for the safe retreat his words offered.

“I should go now.” He took a step, then paused. “Goodnight, Piper.”

“Goodnight.”

I didn’t move again until his footsteps disappeared from the kitchen. Even after he was gone, I needed a moment to get my heartbeat under control.

returned to putting the finishing touches on my stuffed mushrooms and preparing them

storage.

carefully did not think about what just happened, or

adding the finishing touches to the garden party dresses for me and Elva. She was sewing on the ruffled trim with the

“about your

opened up to me now, in the early days, she had seemed to only barely tolerate me. The overly–friendly one had

Charlotte said. “They let her go from the palace staff, but she was able to find another position in a

exhaled in relief. I had worried that she was trapped in

less stressful.” Charlotte picked at a straw thread.

said. “I’m glad to hear she is safe

both of those things. When I spoke to her, she

whole of the palace might

is,” I said, giving her a smile. “And that’s what matters. With the support I do

any of

compared to the

past.

roof over my head, food for both Elva and me, and proper medical treatment for

was secondary to those basic needs, which in the past

us or was incredibly difficult to come by.

had to be careful to make certain I succeeded in every