The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0213

“Maybe we should turn back,” Nicholas said.

“Too late now,” Julian said. “We’ve got to be sure.”

“I see light up there, Julian,” Nicholas said. “Dim the flashlight.”

Julian turned to the flashlight to the dimmest setting, and aimed it down at the ground. We had to move

slower than before, so as not to trip. She walked lightly to keep our footsteps from generating noise.

At the end of the tunnel, the walls abruptly stretched open into a room.

A room full of cages. A single tungsten bulb hung down from the ceiling, the only light in the room full of

shadows.

“What the —?” I began to say. Nicholas abruptly covered my mouth. He yanked me back into the

darkness of the tunnel. Julian followed at once, clicking off the flashlight.

A door on the far side of the room cracked open, and in walked Terry beside a man I had never seen

before a man dressed entirely in black with sallow cheeks and dark eyes.

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organization needs for their purposes,” Terry said

this area for my own personal enjoyment in

a

With silent steps,

to him, until my back was flat against his chest. He still held his hand over

held my

so loudly I worried the

bearing fruit. Soon, I will have much to offer

don’t need the crown,” the man said. He peered into the darkness. I swear he looked right at me, but he looked away just as quickly. “What we

“You would do well

at Terry. “You may hold sway in the royal palace, Terry,

still

“Ridiculous,” Terry snapped.

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was a knife in his hand. “Your birthright means

place one way

puffed out his chest. “You dare threaten me in

not a threat.” The man tilted his knife, catching it under the orange light.

King, but the underground controls all. This is your home because we allow it. Your King is

because we allow it.”

mouth so tightly a

black returned his knife into his sleeve.

said anything, then Terry cleared

with the