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.

trigger for the passageway, and an eerie dark opening loomed in the middle of

his hand, Julian carried a large, industrial–style flashlight. He clicked it

was impossible. The stretch of the tunnel was

together,” Nicholas said. “Whatever happens, no

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

I looked at each other, and then

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

places, but this tunnel felt

the back of my

close,” Julian said.

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

behind us.

We all

his voice. A warning that would

again, and then went out.

breath caught in my throat.

Nicholas and Julian and touched Nicholas’s chest with one hand and Julian’s shoulder with the other.

mine and squeezed my fingers.

dark, creepy place in the dark, but having them so close, each

their own ways, helped me feel

and smacked the flashlight.

didn’t last.

of junk,” Julian snapped.

forgot to change to new batteries,” Nicholas said.