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.

are

to be married to

couldn’t be hopeless. There had to be some way for Nicholas to appease his family while still marrying the person he wanted

may be.

able to contain it if I knew

match in both generosity, spirit, and heart.

no one here truly seemed to fit those qualifications. Except perhaps Susie, but she was

with her own choices.

don’t have any choice,” Nicholas said.

I told him. “I just

sighed. “You’ve always been stubborn.”

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

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gaze lifted to me. Under the bright sunlight, the green flecks in his eyes

of these girls had to be alright,

me a tight–lipped smile. It was sad, and didn’t last more than a

to be Lilliana,” he

together. “Because the King chose her? Surely anyone here would

gaze lingered on me a

dropped it away.

you are,” said a voice too near us. I glanced up to