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.

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

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

seeing the end of the tunnel was impossible. The stretch of the tunnel was long,

close together,” Nicholas said. “Whatever happens, no one

know the rules,” Julian said.

each other, and then we followed

on the

places, but this tunnel felt so

the back of my neck stood on head.

close,” Julian

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

behind us.

We all stilled.

his voice. A warning that would come far

again, and

breath caught in my throat.

out for both Nicholas and Julian and touched Nicholas’s chest with one hand and Julian’s shoulder with the other. Nicholas caught

and squeezed my fingers.

fear spiked in such a dark, creepy place in the dark, but having them

ways, helped me feel safe again.

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

didn’t last.

junk,”

forgot to change to new