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.”

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

appease me.

do. When you are King, you

married to be

forgotten about 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 the

may be.

be able to contain it if I knew Nicholas was with someone

match in both generosity,

truly seemed to fit those qualifications. Except perhaps Susie, but she was happy

with her

truly don’t have any choice,”

him. “I just can’t accept that.”

sighed. “You’ve always been

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

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eyes seemed to sparkle. He was unbelievably handsome. I could easily

alright, somewhere under the surface. If 1 really looked closely, gave them more

smile. It was sad, and didn’t last

be Lilliana,”

the King chose her? Surely anyone here would

afraid.” His gaze lingered on me a beat longer in

dropped it away.

near us. I glanced