The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0171

After the confrontation with Mark, I expected to be approached by Nicholas, so I wasn’t shocked when he called me away from the dining room at lunchtime to speak with me privately.

He started walking away from the dining room and I fell in step beside him. Eventually, in an empty

hallway, he turned to face me. A frown was firm on his face.

Mark told me that you and Julian started investigating the underground organization again, despite my

explicit instruction not to.”

“That’s correct,” I said. Maybe I should have denied it. I knew Nicholas only had my best interest at

heart, but that didn’t mean I could roll over to his every whim. He didn’t know all the facts. Maybe it was

time I told him the full truth, I wasn’t sure.

My answer made Nicholas’s face even more severe. This, I imagined, was the face he used to look down those that opposed him politically. It would be intimidating, if I had even an inkling of fear against

him.

“You have to stop, Piper. You must give this up and let it go. You are endangering yourself. I cannot allow that.”

danger. It’s worth it, if it helps bring

shoulders tensed. “If you

”

otherwise,

“What you are doing

trouble.

you mean?” The hardness in his face crumpled some into

my arms around my own waist, offering myself as much comfort as

depths of my fear, he would see my side of things. I

“How long will it be

so that he was only a mere few inches away. “I can protect you and Elva both.”

But what happens to us

on our

way.

that exposing the organization is the only way to keep Elva

rest of her

and statements. I knew he meant what he said, but in reality, he had

had to crack his fantasy to help him see

how well–meaning he was.