The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0569

Julian must have stormed out of the room, because in the next moment, he burst into the hallway. We were face to face, our eyes meeting, both pairs widened.

Was Bridget telling the truth? Did Julian truly have a crush on me?

Julian wasn't denying it. But then, he wasn't saying much of anything at the moment.

*Jul-an?" Elva asked.

Julian startled, as if he hadn't realized she was there. He glanced down at her, and then back to me.

"Sorry, Elva," he said, and then stepped around us and disappeared down the hallway.

Bridget came out next. "Don't you dare ignore me, you - oh." Her face, which had been twisted with anger, quickly shifted into a more neutral friendliness when she saw me. She didn't smile, however, until she saw Elva beside me. "Good morning, you two."

"G'morning," Elva mumbled.

of learning of Julian's crush subsided, I began to comprehend the other words of the argument between Bridget

far too many coincidences for me to give her the benefit of the doubt. It seemed like every time something terrible happened

in this

usually did. Less

are you intimate with Prince Ronan?" I

you are just like Julian. Are you going to accuse

supposed my silence might have given

a rooster about to crow. Her face split into an ugly glare. "Why would I need to interfere with the race, Piper? I'm the strongest swimmer and the

I said.

fault. Maybe if you were a stronger swimmer, you

she... blaming me for my own near-drowning? No other species could swim as quickly and powerfully as even the laziest of the merfolk. Even a champion werewolf would not have been able to escape an attack like

to undermine my