The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0320

Looking around, I searched for another exit. There was another door further down, but it was more barred than the first, not just latched but also wedged with a piece of wood.

Okay. So the doors were out.

Giving up on the doors, I looked along the banister instead.

There. An old oak stood nearby with long, sturdy-looking branches. If I crawled up onto the banister, I could reach out and catch one of the limbs. Then I could climb down.

It wouldn’t be the most delicate maneuver. I’d likely ruin my nightgown and my thin slippers, but ruining a few pieces of delicate clothing seemed a fair trade for not freezing to death.

I used to climb trees all the time when I was a kid. This wouldn’t be any different than that, right?

Like riding a bicycle, once you learn, you never truly forgot. At least, that’s what I hoped.

I climbed up onto the banister, and reached out for the tree. I put some weight on it. It didn’t creak or cra ck. Safe, then.

Carefully, I lifted myself up onto the branch, then shimmied closer to the trunk. Once there, I began the arduous process of descending. The balcony had been on the second floor, so the ground wasn’t too far. This gave me more confidence than it should have.

I jumped down to the next lowest branch. I had not tested the weight this time.

branch snapped in half, and down, down

reached my hands out, desperate to cling to something. I grabbed handfuls of leaves, a

someone called from the

I braced myself.

thud sounded. Someone

was a lot softer than I thought

my eyes and found myself

I rushed up to my feet. “I’m so

each word a pained grunt. “I’m fine,” I said. “And

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onto his feet. I grabbed him by the elbow to help him up. “I’ll live,” he said, and dusted away some of the grass from his

not even Brian. And Julian

he said.

and pointed to the second floor. “I

frowned at me. “Why in the world were

began to burn. The embarrassment that had dissipated with the fall returned tenfold. Of course, of all people, Julian would be the

it down. But why lie would I even

said to meet someone there

thought it would be Nicholas.” He crossed