The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0212

The wait for midnight was nearly unbearable, but when it finally arrived, I left Elva sleeping in the bed,

and sneaked out into the hallway.

Mark was standing there with two other guards. He typically wore a serious expression, but today he

seemed especially grim. He must have shared Nicholas’s frustration with the plan.

“Be careful tonight. If anything happened to you…” He let the words hang.

I was confused. Surely the safety of his prince was more important than me. But he didn’t say anything

more. Instead, he just stared at me expectantly.

“ll be careful,” I said.

He nodded.

Turning from him, I started down the hallway. Nicholas met me halfway. He didn’t say anything, just offered his arm. I slid my arms in his and together we walked down toward the kitchens and into the

cellar.

Brian was guarding the door to one of the rooms there, the one containing the passage. He stepped

aside when we came close.

in the middle of a wall, hiding behind

a large, industrial–style

with the light of the flashlight, seeing the end of the tunnel was impossible. The

said. “Whatever happens, no

rules,” Julian said. He stepped into the tunnel.

looked at each other, and then we followed

along the top. Our footsteps on the stone floor echoed down the long, empty corridor. The

places, but this tunnel felt so old that it had become

the back of

Julian

the tunnel. The light of the room we’d come from

behind us.

We all stilled.

Nicholas said, a warning in his voice. A warning that would come far too late.

light flickered again, and then

breath caught in

Nicholas and Julian and touched Nicholas’s chest with one hand and Julian’s shoulder with the other. Nicholas caught my hand in his and held it.

and squeezed my

in such a dark, creepy place in the dark,

their own ways, helped

lowered his hand again and smacked the flashlight. The light flickered again, blinding, but

didn’t last.

junk,”

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