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.

my entire life, I had no

if their marriage was a show they put on for the

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

Piper after I specifically told you not to,”

voice, occasionally leading to a twitch in his eyebrow or a downward curl of his lip. “That

belong here.”

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

be as

–

—

threw his

a fine person without being a

every event with flying

were being biased because she was common. I wanted to help them see without directly calling them out. To do so would

could never be wrong.

the Queen’s

know, Nicholas, what the weight of the crown can do to good people. It’s not just for the sake of the kingdom that I caution you, but for her sake, too. She cannot bear the weight required. Her goodness? Her kindness? Her spirit? All will be crushed, to

my heart, I knew

world would press down on her. It

to protect her.

and poor little Elva’s illness. She didn’t need the added weight of a

me to do,” I

of Piper ends today,” the King said. “You need to show more intimacy with Lilliana,