The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0263

Nicholas’s mouth was hot on mine. His arms wrapped around my waist, holding me closely. I clutched

at his shoulders, early accepting his kisses, until the need for air forced us apart.

He rested his forehead against mine. “You have to change.”

“Nick,” I said. He was being ridiculous. “This dress is not revealing.”

“You look so sexy in it. I can’t stand the thought of Terry seeing you like this.”

I smiled a little. This dress was not flattering on me. I knew that. I looked okay, but out of fashion. I’d

worn more revealing clothes before.

I imagined a big part of Nicholas’s trouble was that he was attracted to me in anything. “You’d probably

be jealous even if I wore a potato sack.”

He didn’t argue. “I don’t like the way Terry looks at you.” His arms squeezed me closer. “Why don’t you

stay here, after all. Stay with Elva. Julian and I can snoop around Terry’s mansion. You don’t need to

endanger yourself.”

I shook my head. “You know I can’t do that. Even if I wanted to. I had such a poor showing in the last

event, that I can’t risk botching another. I need attend and do the best I can.”

“Terry won’t make it easy on you.‘

“I know that,” I said. “But I don’t have any other choice.”

Nicholas frowned deeply but he made no further remarks. Instead, he stepped back from me and turned

on the lights to the garage. Taking my hand, he led me through the various fancy cars until we reached a

black sedan with tinted windows.

helped me inside. Then he went around to the

black and impeccably clean. When Nicholas turned the key, the

with a

the car into drive and carefully navigated out of

pulled out onto the street, my nerves began to prickle again. I worried my hands

tense posture and

seemed to use this road this time of night. The sun had set, and the road was dark. Nicholas clicked

through the darkness, illuminating

yellow line, trying to collect my thoughts. Yes, I was

den. But Nicholas and Julian would be there. And Susie and the other girls. If Terry wanted

do so

feel all that better. Terry was bold. He didn’t

bothered what others thought of him or his actions. He had the ear of the Luna and the King. Why

lowly commoners matter to

could tell from the way Nicholas’s hands choked the

his knuckles white.

lifted his foot off the gas.

a dirt road seemed to lead to nowhere. He

“Nicholas?”

look at me and I saw a bit of desperation in his gaze.

way down into the deepest parts of me.

he said, and I complied at once, leaning

halfway.

our need to hold each other overcame any obstacle.

to tell where

feel safe

I would have to be strong, depend on my physical training from Nicholas, and my mental lessons from Julian.

ready.

I was frightened.

held Nicholas tighter.

He licked his way past the seam of my lips. I opened willingly for his greedy tongue, and held on

I could almost forget about what was going to happen tonight. I could find solace in this man,

tonight would not be about to surmount this stolen moment of closeness with this man

but he and I and the pursuit of