The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0264

“Didn’t Julian mention the pendant to you?” I asked.

“No,” Nicholas said curtly.

“He gave me this.” I lifted the pendant higher, for Nicholas to see. “He said that all I have to do is press

down on the moon, and my location would be sent to him. I asked him to include you in on it…”

“Conveniently he failed to mention it to me.” Jealousy dripped like venom from his voice.

“He must have forgotten.”

“Doubtful.” Nicholas accepted the pendant and examined it closely. He flipped it over to look at the back

of it. “I would have felt better if he had told me about this, but… I can’t deny it gives me some measure of

comfort to know you have it.”

“It does?”

Nicholas nodded. “I want you protected, even if I’m not the one doing it. Julian is many things but he is

not on Terry’s side. If he gave you this to protect you from him, that offer was genuine. As is the threat. If

even Julian is worried about you…”

Nicholas and Julian seemed to have skewed ideas of the other. I had seen Julian’s concern before, in albeit fleeting moments. But Julian was not so rambunctious and carefree as Nicholas assumed him to

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I doubted that defense of Julian would be welcome right at this moment, with Nicholas barely containing his envy, so I withheld it. Julian would probably prefer the misconception anyway, since he so

often sought to cultivate it.

“I will be speaking to Julian about this, however,” Nicholas said, his voice lowering with dark promise.

too much trouble. Though, knowing him, he could handle himself just fine against his brother.

For a few more blissful moments, I closed my eyes and enjoyed his warmth and closeness. But then,

being so late that it will affect your standing,” he said

regret.

even one more rank, so I leaned

reverse and returned us to the

we continued on.

we had been, a mile or two at most. We were the last car to pull into the driveway, though several servants were still outside as if expecting us. When Nicholas stopped, one of the servants opened my car door.

much,” I said as I

eyes down and did not engage me

this particular gentleman took his position as a servant very seriously. I wouldn’t hold it against him. I

the car.

out for me, and I laced mine around his.

opened the door for us. “Thank you very much,” I said to them both. Both ignored me, eyes low, as if they had been instructed not to look at me. No,

their gazes from Nicholas as well.

at Nicholas

pays well. Neither of those things are true. His cruelty knows no bounds, and I suspect, though I have no

suspect blackmail.

family would have done something

his head. “Everyone has turned a blind eye. I’ve broached the topic with my parents before, but they will not hear me. His cruelty breeds loyalty, unfortunately. The

save the servants here. But when I looked at them, their gazes were on the floor, their bodies still as statues. I doubted they would speak to me

bring

me further into the bulk of the mansion, Into a greeting room at the base of a grand staircase. Gold adorned nearly every surface from the banisters of

the room.

paintings and tapestries hung on every wall, under lights and sometimes cases.

them with the bottom of my

guests were scattered throughout the room, with Terry standing in the center of the room. Servants, their downcast gazes in place, walked around

spots us, waves Nicholas and me closer. Nicholas holds tightly to my

approach.

drifts down to my lips, and his eyes narrowed.

lipstick.”

his pocket and passes it over to

at the corners