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

1. be.

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.

much trouble. Though,

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

risk being so late that it will affect

regret.

couldn’t afford to lose even one more rank, so I

returned us to the street. Then he moved the gear into

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

much,” I said as I exited.

not engage me at all, not even to

position as a servant very seriously. I wouldn’t hold it

the car.

arm out for me, and

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, it wasn’t just

their gazes from Nicholas

glanced at Nicholas in confusion.

are true. His cruelty knows no bounds, and

suspect

done something about it by now,”

the topic with my parents before, but they will not hear me. His cruelty breeds loyalty, unfortunately. The servants won’t speak to me, let alone come forward about their treatment.”

hated that notion. I wanted to 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 either. Perhaps the only way to help them now, was the same way to

to bring Terry

further into the bulk of the mansion, Into a greeting room at the base of a grand staircase. Gold adorned nearly

the room.

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

them, let‘ I dirty them with the bottom of my shoes.

other guests were scattered throughout the room, with Terry standing in the center of the room. Servants, their downcast gazes in place, walked around the room carrying trays of champagne and hors d’oeuvres. Camera crews catch every

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

approach.

and his eyes narrowed. “Why, Piper. It seems you

lipstick.”

from his pocket and passes it over to me. I hesitate a moment before

dap at the