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.

I had

marriage was a show they put on for the world.

nodded at my mother, and

Piper after I specifically told you not to,” he said. Rage crackled under

his eyebrow or a downward

belong here.”

we are helping to take care of,” I said, my own

deserves to be as

–

—

King threw his

fine person without being a good

every event

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

could never be

huffed in the Queen’s direction. “He’s your

mother ignored him. “You 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

I was to admit it, in my heart, I knew

a cruel world would press down on her. It would

enough to

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

me what you want me to do,” I said, burying the

“You need to show more intimacy with Lilliana, to