Chapter 0279

The King and Queen were sitting at their table, eating breakfast.

“Nicholas?” the King said when he saw me. “You look like hell.”

“I have reason.” I walked to him and showed him the footage on my phone.

The King watched it all with a furrow in his brow.

“Terry’s behavior last night was beyond inappropriate,” I said. “He made Piper, Susie, and many of the other girls uncomfortable.”

My mother scoffed. “He’s always been a flirt, Nicholas. You know that. I’m sure those girls are being oversensitive.”

“He tried to feel up Piper under the table,” I said, trying to keep my voice steady and calm. Losing my temper never worked with my parents.

“And you have footage of that?” the Luna asked.

No, I didn’t. None of the camera angles caught Terry’s movements under the table. I grit my teeth, holding in my anger.

“Piper said ”

“And we accept the word

of a commoner over that of nobility?” the Luna asked.

I gripped the back of the chair I stood behind. Anything to keep me from throwing something

across the room.

“There is merit to her concerns,” I said, gesturing to my cell phone still in the King’s hands. ” The footage shows – ”

“Piper is too sensitive. And this other girl, Susie, was it?” The Luna cut into her breakfast so hard her knife scraped across the plate. “She’s that quiet one, right? I imagine she’s much the same. A Luna would have to be able to reject men’s advances without becoming offended…”

advances,” I said, my voice lowering despite my

her.”

rape

her cutlery abruptly, making a clatter. “Don’t you

To me, he said, “That is quite the

wrists and ankles speak for themselves. And I saw for myself when

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consensual, no doubt. But when you caught them in the act, she had to pretend otherwise, lest she be accused of breaking

the chair under my hands began to

liked your uncle,” the Luna said.

the King said

fiery gaze back to

to me. “You must know that I need more than

has done,” I said. “This is

“Oh?”

Terry. I passed it to him. My mother looked

father opened the letter and read through it.

does it say?”

passed it to my mother. She

a panicked voice, she said, “This has to

make for him?” the King asked her. “You are letting your love

“But – ”

bring down the underground organization, with limited to no results. Terry’s involvement could be the very reason we’ve never been able to

but deep within her eyes was a touch of heartbreak. To herself, in a whisper, she

the matter, I rushed out of his rooms to return to my own. I couldn’t

entered my bedroom,

VIR MANUR

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