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 a wall, hiding behind an empty bookcase that

large,

was impossible. The stretch of the

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

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

and I looked at each other, and then we followed him.

the stone

by places, but this tunnel felt so old

hairs on the back of

Julian said.

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

behind us.

We all stilled.

warning in his voice. A warning that would come far

light flickered again, and then went

caught in my throat.

touched Nicholas’s chest with one hand and Julian’s

mine and squeezed my fingers.

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

their own ways, helped me feel

the flashlight. The light flickered again,

didn’t last.

of junk,”

to new batteries,”