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.

tampering with the lock," Nicholas said. "No missing uniforms, no discrepancy among the guard, who are vetted beyond the norm to be assigned to such a post. I

I felt a pit open up in my stomach. I knew what he was saying with that

the underground organization? After all, he had done similar when he'd rescued Jane from her

the underground organization want with Joyce?" I asked. "Hasn't he already served his

my father, and then Julian and myself,

that. Were the

they expecting a war with the Bear

around myself. "The war makes everything so much

It cleared away from his face in the next instant, taking away some of the

"But the Bear People...?"

searching for the lost princess. Even if she

to believe that. I trusted Julian. If anyone could find the lost princess, it was

so many things to worry about, I was beginning to feel overwhelmed. I could carry all the burdens, I would to help Nicholas. I wouldn't

lot to think over, to consider, and

and Queen were working hard to turn public opinion on me. I could be gone with the next elimination ceremony, and then I wouldn't be able to help with