The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0136

Love has no place in royalty.” Nicholas tilted his head down and lowered his gaze. “I will be forced to

marry the best Luna candidate in the Choosing Game. I can only hope that, at the very least, perhaps a

sense of friendship will blossom later.”

“And Lilliana is the best?” I asked.

He sighed. “She is the one my father has chosen for now. It could change over the course of the

competition. His whims can be fickle. But what would it matter? They are more or less all the same.”

My heart broke at his words. Hearing this usually confident man so… complacent – so accepting of such

an unwelcomed fate – tugged at my emotions.

1 want children,” he continued. “I believe that my life will be fulfilled enough with family, even if I can’t be

with a partner I would have truly wished for.”

I shook my head, refusing to accept it. “No one should turn away from their heart so fully.”

“I don’t have any choice, Piper.”

him by the arm and shook him. He was well–muscled, he only

appease me.

do. When you are King, you can –”

married to be King.”

that and deflated a bit. But it still couldn’t be hopeless. There had to be some way for Nicholas to appease his family while still marrying

may be.

be able to contain it if I knew Nicholas

in both

those

her own choices.

have any

“I just

always

it comes to you. I care about you too much to see you

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in his eyes seemed to sparkle. He was unbelievably handsome. I could

of these girls had to be alright, somewhere under the surface. If 1 really

was sad, and didn’t last more than a second

be Lilliana,” he

chose her? Surely

afraid.” His gaze lingered on me a beat longer in silence, before he

dropped it away.

a voice too near us. I glanced up to see Lilliana