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.

Piper? I heard some

with a cloudy head and tired eyes, but otherwise okay Except for my continued embarrassment over my body’s reaction to

left my half of the breakfast uneaten on the plate for

to pick at.

It took great strength to keep my voice from

is, Terry left at some point last night and returned to his own mansion.”

the first time that day, I took in and exhaled a

For now, at least, I was

continued to linger in my mind, even as we broke from eating to

the day. I couldn’t help but feel Terry’s cold hands on me or smell his

breath.

have my wolf. Who was she? Where had she come from? How had she gotten it? And why was she

never be able to find the answers. Not since

in his heart he was only worried for me and for the kingdom, but it frustrated

people like me from ever being manipulated into giving away their wolves and their abilities. It was the only

wouldn’t be cowed by Terry, or by Nicholas. I had my own heart

innumerous other souls out there who just wanted

into the care of her nanny and Mark, I set off

to check the empty ballroom. I found him

like him to be so isolated or so

heels on the tile steps, he turned back to

to be alone?” I asked him. I had

vulnerability faded. In its place was the same sort of cocky expression

mind company if it’s you,” he said.

a seat

forgotten that Julian was also there last night. He had bome witness to the full

me it wasn’t my fault, as well as

Nicholas moved away.

would have taken advantage. He wouldn’t

circumstances of my

I was still

have desire for Nicholas. I had wanted him to kiss me on the balcony. In time,

have that choice ripped from my hands was horrible kind of violation. Terry had taken my pure feelings of want for Nicholas and mutilated them

me and for what he did do. I