The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0326

“Okay,” I said. “Um, so how do we trap Jane?” I looked at Julian. He’s typically the master of schemes. I expected him to have a few up his sleeves.

Right now, however, he seemed a bit blank. He shook his head, as if to recover. “We just need to lure her in… if we could… prepare a closet to trap her…”

“A closet?” I ask.

“Something to…” He rubbed his forehead. “Something, confining.”

“She likely has back ways out of every room in the palace, closets included,” Nicholas said. It wouldn’t surprise me.”

“What if we jump out behind her and put a sack over her?” I asked.

Julian, Veronica, and Nicolas all looked at me.

I blinked. “What?”

Julian rubbed his temples next.

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It was only after a few moments that I realized the many, various flaws with the plan I announced so confidentially. A few moments more and I started to feel how achy my joints were and how heavy my eyelids were.

The adrenaline of the day was wearing off, and my body was worn.

“We should break for the night,” Veronica said. “You’ve all had an exhausting day. We should return to this with fresh minds.”

Julian, Nicholas, and I glanced at each other. In them, I could see the exhaustion that I felt. No doubt, they saw the same in me.

“That’s probably a good idea,” Julian said.

“I

agree,

“Nicholas replied.

“Yeah.” I was reluctant to admit it. I wanted to stay up, think of a plan, and resolve everything right away. But… shifting my gaze to Nicholas, and his healing but still battle- bruised body, I couldn’t deny some rest was in order.

Veronica bid us goodnight and we left the room.

walk you to your room,” Nicholas

but seemed too tired to argue. “We’ll talk

walk away, I pulled him into a quick hug. “Thank you,

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a light squeeze in return, then sighed and let me go. He quickly saluted as he turned and walked down the hallway, back toward the royal family’s

occurred to me then, and I

plenty of spare

“But…”

know which one, in case you need me.” He held out his arm, and I slipped mine through his. He began

quiet, my thoughts were a jumbled mess. I almost lost Nicholas tonight, which had my heart all twisted up inside. And when I thought of how Jane was able to fool Nicholas… When

much worse when I thought of my twin pressing her lips to

me through the heart. I wanted to be the one

silence first. “Piper. Tonight. Earlier. How did you know I was missing so

with

up as it was, his jealousy healed a part of me. I didn’t want to be caught in this dark, ugly feeling all

I said. I worried my bottom lip with my teeth, unsure if I should reveal the next part. Though, in the end,

“And it was Julian?”

“No,” I said. “Joyce.”

Nicholas frowned. “Joyce?”

proving a point to me, about how I’m too trusting. I put myself into dangerous situations

“I can’t argue that…”

ignored that dig. “But then he accidentally locked

Nicholas frowned deeper. “Accidentally?”

was trying to climb down a tree, when I slipped and landed on Julian. When I told him what happened, he said we should

face was growing increasingly

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something wrong?” I

down his face. “But there’s a lot to think about.” His You thought that note was from me and foolishly

gaze

slid to me.

my eyelashes. “And you opened the door in the middle

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some of his rising tension

hoped, too,” I replied. “It was the same for

“It was?”

“Yes.”

to my mouth. Mine dropped to his