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 idea if they even liked each

if their marriage was a show they put on for

breaths. He nodded at my mother, and

told you not to,” he said. Rage

his eyebrow or a downward curl of his

belong

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

deserves to be as much – if not more than anyone

–

—

threw his hands up.

a fine person without being

event

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

King’s opinions could never be wrong.

in the Queen’s direction. “He’s your

not just for the sake of the kingdom that I caution you, but for her

I was to admit it, in my heart, I knew she spoke true. Piper could be a good and just Luna,

the burden of a cruel world would press down on her. It would wear at her soul, and I

to

little Elva’s illness. She didn’t need the added

me to do,” I

“You