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.

a little, nervously, hoping I didn’t get Julian in too much trouble. Though, knowing him, he could handle

closed my eyes and enjoyed

if we continue to delay, we risk being so late that it

regret.

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

the street. Then he moved the

we continued on.

wasn’t too far from where 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

you very much,” I said as

did not engage me at all,

seriously. I wouldn’t

the car.

his arm out for me, and I laced mine

doorway, a pair of servants 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,

from Nicholas as well.

at Nicholas in confusion.

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

suspect

something about it by now,” I

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

were on the floor, their bodies still as statues. I doubted they would speak to me either. Perhaps the only

bring

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

the room.

and tapestries hung on every wall, under lights

let‘ I dirty them with the

candidates and a few 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

spots us, waves Nicholas and me closer.

approach.

down to my lips, and his eyes

lipstick.”

from his pocket and passes it over to

it and dap at the corners of my