The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0226

A guard was seated in a chair just inside my bedroom door. He looked nervous, his eyes darting all around. Behind him, Mark was standing tall, arms crossed. His features were stern. In front of him,

Nicholas was pacing like a caged animal.

“Let’s go over this again,” Nicholas said. “In the middle of the night, you allowed someone who looked

like Piper to enter her rooms.”

The guard bounced his leg nervously. “That’s right, Sir. I’ve been told that she sometimes keeps strange hours, and that I shouldn’t ask too many questions.”

That was true. I had sneaked out a lot to meet with Nicholas and Julian, for our investigation. Or once, to kiss Nicholas in the hallway. Although that hadn’t been my intention when I’d left the room.

Nicholas continued on, undeterred. “And when you saw this person last night, you allowed them into this room without asking the identifying question. Is that right?”

The guard swallowed hard. “That’s correct, Sir.” Above all else, this was the guard’s biggest failure. At

the very least, he owned up to it.

“He’s new to the rotation, Sir,” Mark said.

“I know he didn’t mean harm, but the cost could have been…” Nicholas glanced over at me, where I

to distract Elva with

thinking. Jane could have killed me and Elva, or kidnapped one or both

lying here asleep all night. Neither of us had been roused

silent footsteps.

careful review of the room, the only thing that seemed to have been disturbed was

“Whatever

without question.”

The issue is what could

while I decide what to

and nearly tripped in his eagerness to follow his prince’s command. When

Mark slowly closed it again.

leaves where he was to come to

holding. “I have another in the closet!” She springs

and heads off to

holds one arm open for me,

at his side. He drops his forehead to my shoulder and for a

other.

some of the tension I hadn’t realized I’d held escaped my

I felt safe in a way that I hadn’t

had been

let her get