The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0173

It wasn’t that I didn’t believe Mark when he had told me that Julian had left the palace and hadn’t been

seen since the morning, but I still had to snoop around some to be sure. I needed to talk to him so badly, t

couldn’t just sit around and wait for him to return.

I asked some of the servants and the more–friendly of the guards. But each person had the same story,

more or less. No one had seen Julian or his Beta Brian since the morning Julian and I had talk to Williams.

“It’s not unusual for him to disappear,” said one of the servants. “Prince Julian is a bit rebellious.

Sometimes he would leave the palace for days at a time only to return with no explanation. No one’s ever

really sure about that one.”

That didn’t make me feel at all better. He would disappear for a few days? Surely he would know this time about the elimination ceremony. He wouldn’t leave me high and dry while he was off doing

would he?

that. Much of Julian’s flakiness was a façade he put on.

seriously.

Like our investigation.

to admit to myself that I was worried about him. Nicholas had been right about one

friends, but I didn’t want to

simply run off with some random girl for a while, being irresponsible but safe, rather than

he wasn’t here now, so I couldn’t speak with him about securing my spot in the elimination. I could only hope that he would return in time, and that he

of the sitting rooms. Since Julian was missing, only Nicholas and Joyce attended. The girls fully surrounded Nicholas, while Joyce had only two or three girls vying for

didn’t want to speak to him either. The presence of his emotionless mask hurt though, just a tiny bit. It seemed like he was treating me just as

hadn’t spoken to me as a friend, he had commanded me as a prince.

Fine Perfect.

who had tried to get closer to Nicholas but was shoved away by

another. “At this rate, we might as well see ourselves out. I

Nicholas knows my name.”

what about Prince Joyce?” asked

“Prince Joyce?”