The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0205

Nicholas

I stood before the King in his chambers. He was angrily pacing the length of the room. Back and forth,

back and forth. Occasionally he would stop to shout at me, but he’d always break himself off, unfinished,

and continue pacing.

“How could you think –?”

“You deliberately disobeyed –!”

“What do I even –?”

A few minutes in, his face was turning red, and my mother, the Luna was forced to intervene. She stood

in his path to keep him from pacing, then whispered into his ear.

I never totally understood their relationship. My mother was a private person. And though the two of

them often gave compliments to each other, any meaningful conversations only went on behind closed

doors.

even after knowing them both my entire life, I had no idea if they even liked each other at

was a show they put on for

few deep breaths. He nodded at my mother, and then turned to

you not to,” he said.

to a twitch in his eyebrow or

not belong

genuine, with a sick child we are helping to take care of,” I said,

of me. “She deserves to be as much – if not more

–

—

his

Luna stepped forward. “She can be a fine

passed nearly every event with

help them see without directly calling them out. To

opinions could never

in the Queen’s direction. “He’s

that I caution you, but for her sake, too. She cannot bear

to admit it, in my heart, I knew she

cruel world would press down on her. It would wear at her soul, and I

enough to

her wolf, and poor little Elva’s illness. She didn’t need the added weight of a near war and a

me what you want me to do,” I

“You need to show more