The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0602

Nicholas, meanwhile, looked down and to the side. He wouldn't meet my gaze even as I walked nearer to him.

"Nick?" I prompted, fear weighing heavy on my heart.

*Unfortunately, that isn't all of the bad news I have to share," he said.

I braced myself. "What else?"

*Joyce has somehow escaped."

I gasped, shocked. How could that be? The youngest prince had been given the nicest prison cell I had ever seen in my life, but it was still a prison cell, buried deep under the palace grounds. This place is crawling with guards. How in the world would he escape?

And why would he want to? Veronica had been working with him, helping him understand the depths of his brainwashing. Had he reversed to his previous thinking in Veronica's absence?

Oh, God. Veronica was going to be devastated. She'd been working so hard with him. She saw part of herself in him, and sought to save them both. She would undoubtedly see this as her own failing.

no discrepancy among the guard, who are vetted beyond the norm to be assigned to such a post. I

gaze to mine and I felt a pit open up in my stomach. I knew what he was saying with that look.

Hawk, leader of the underground organization? After all, he had done similar when he'd

want with Joyce?" I asked. "Hasn't he already served

happen to my father, and

Were the underground planning on

expecting a war with the Bear People to do the job for

I wrapped my arms around myself. "The war makes

in the next instant, taking away some of the worry with it. "Don't worry about a

"But the Bear People...?"

Even if she is dead, Julian will find her bones

trusted Julian. If anyone could find the

there were so many things to worry about, I was beginning to feel overwhelmed. I could carry all

over, to

me. I could be gone with the next