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.

an eerie dark opening loomed in the middle of a wall, hiding

large, industrial–style flashlight. He

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

Nicholas said. “Whatever happens,

Julian said.

other, and then we followed him.

the stone floor echoed down the long, empty

places, but this tunnel

hairs on the back of my

Julian

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

behind us.

flickered. We all

voice. A warning that would

and then

caught in my

darkness, I reached out for both 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. Julian

and squeezed my

dark, creepy place in the dark, but having

ways, helped me feel

and smacked the flashlight. The light

didn’t last.

of junk,” Julian snapped.

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