The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0164

By the next morning, the drug had worked its way through my system and I felt like my old self again. I

went down to breakfast, where I was reunited with Elva, who had stayed with Susie the night before by

order of Nicholas.

I was grateful for his foresight. Mortified as I was by my actions and sounds, I was at least spared the

embarrassment of explaining any of this to Mark or the nanny myself. Or worse still, to Elva..

A thought so stomach–churning, I dared not even think of it.

So when I did finally greet her, it was with a tight hug and big smile, the same as always.

Susie and I didn’t always sit together, but we chose to that morning. There were still many empty chairs with the previous elimination, and I was feeling vulnerable from what had happened the night before. I needed my friends.

Around us the girls were chattering about the curiousness of the evening’s events. Terry was to be one of the main judges of the night, but he never came to ballroom.

Also as curious, both Nicholas and Julian disappeared sometime in the night, only to reappear this morning, one with a black eye and the other with an injured hand.

“You don’t suppose the princes got into a fight with each other?” one of the girls asked.

“No,” Lilliana said flatly. “He is too mature to take part in such childish antics.”

“Julian does love to tease,” said someone else.

“Not enough to tempt a prince away from his decorum,” Olivia added. “Prince Nicholas been around Prince Julian for years. He’s surely built up a tolerance.”

“Well, then what happened with Sir Terry?“”

“Maybe he started the fight,” someone said, and another laughed. A third shushed them.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Olivia said, rolling her eyes.

As they continued to argue, Susie turned in her seat to face me. I had Elva in my lap, but she was busy stuffing her face with all the delicious pastries.

heard some truly terrible rumors.”

shook my head, pushing away her concern. I felt hungover some, with a cloudy head and tired eyes, but otherwise

the bile rising in my throat, and left my half of the breakfast uneaten on

to pick at.

asked. It took great strength to keep my voice

nodded. “Word is, Terry left at some point last night and

me with a sense of relief and for the first time

now, at least, I was

continued to linger in my mind, even as we

for the day. I couldn’t help but feel Terry’s cold hands on me or smell his terrible alcohol–laden

breath.

Who was she? Where had she come from? How had she gotten it? And why was she teasing

to find the answers. Not since Nicholas had forbad Julian

was only worried for me and for the kingdom, but it frustrated me

ever being manipulated into giving away their wolves and their abilities. It was the only true way to keep Elva

or by Nicholas. I had my own heart and my own beliefs.

of those innumerous other souls out there who just wanted to do the right thing, and lost their

nanny and Mark, I set off on my own to find Julian.

to check the empty

like him to be so isolated

my heels on the tile steps, he turned back to look at me. “Piper.

asked him. I had questions and demands, but he

its place was the

mind company if it’s

my eyes at his flirtatious charms and took a seat on the same step he was

night. He had bome witness to the full extent of

decency both to tell me it wasn’t my fault, as well as to make sure

Nicholas moved away.

would have taken advantage. He wouldn’t have. But Julian’s being present helped

my desire much quicker.

I was still

did have desire for Nicholas. I had wanted him to kiss

hands was horrible kind of violation. Terry had taken my pure feelings

what he tried to do to me and for what he did do. I could only hope, in