The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0211

At once, Nicholas and I scrambled to our feet. Nicholas blocked Julian’s view as I readjusted myself, fixing my bra. When I was put together enough, Nicholas checked me over once before standing aside.

Out lips were red from kissing. Our clothes were wrinkled, and our hair disheveled. But there was nothing to be done for that now.

Julian looked between us, a devilish look in his eyes. “Did you find anything of interest in the closet?”

I blushed fiercely. Even my neck and chest burned.

I’m also curious why your lips are so red,” Julian continued. His teasing, it seemed, would be relentless. Yet under those joking questions, his voice held the tiniest bit of edge.

My initial thought was that it could be jealousy. With Julian, however, there was no way. Disapproval, then? That seemed unlikely too. 4

Either way, I needed to redirect his focus before I died of embarrassment.

I searched for some way to change the subject. I found it when I noticed the rolled up papers Julian was

carrying under his arm.

“What’s that?” I asked.

Julian glanced down at the papers as if he had forgotten he was holding them. “Should we return to

your room? I’ll explain there.”

Nodding, we all walked back to my room. Nicholas stayed at my side, but a foot or so of distance

separated us now. It felt like he was miles away,

Back in my room, Julian began speaking again.

“I heard about the appearance of your twin,” Julian said.

“Jane,” I said.

“Jane,” he repeated.

“How did you find out that Charlotte saw her?” Nicholas asked. He looked at Mark. “Did you tell him?”

“No, Sir,” Mark said at once.

Julian rolled his eyes. “I have ears everywhere.” He paused. “Also, Brian saw her too.”

“What?” We all straightened in alarm.

“Where did he see her?” Nicholas asked.

stairwell,” Julian replied. “He suspected her at once and subtly followed her. But when he seemed

as what happened to

as much.” To me, he added, “I worried for you, Piper, of

a sighting, as well. So while I left Nicholas to… protect you, I searched

Julian enunciated protect in such a way that he

different.

cleared my throat. “What did you

paper from under his

cleared away the swatches of fabrics that still covered the tables we’d

the

lines and boxes

we looking at?” I

it, “is the first floor of the palace. And if you’ll notice.” He tapped

small box that was to indicate a room. “This blueprint includes some of the locations

secret passageways.”

leaned over the blueprints

indicated here,” Julian said. “But there are enough that maybe we can figure out where Jane is hiding. At the very least, if we know her escape routes,

He crossed his arms. “Aren’t these blueprints locked away in the vault? How

you access them?”

cast him a sharp glance, his smile mocking. “You sure you want to know that, brother?

to fully appreciate my more daring

It generally was, with Julian. He

push the rules.

at me and his eyes sparkled, That

to be out of the vault,”

to his brother. He sighed. “I’ll take them back when we’re

well look. Unless, perhaps, you don’t actually wish to catch

frowned hard but stayed

“That’s what I thought.”

peered over the blueprints. Julian would point out a secret passage way, and

line of where it connected

where Brian lost sight of Jane,

said.

added. “Then I chased her down into the cellars,

disappeared.”

were and found the

on a separate roll of

he peeked into the rolls, trying to

floor. The ballroom has its own? Oh, here

sublevel, and immediately we noticed a secret passage leading

cellar.

does it

had lines leading to where they connected, this