The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0626

Later, I left Elva to play with her Nanny and her dolls, and joined Tiffany, Veronica, and Julian for a meeting in our sitting room/investigatory office. No one seemed terribly excited today, as we didn't have any good news to share. "There's not much progress today, I'm afraid," Julian said. "In fact, we might even have backwards progress."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

*I tried to track down the older couple that crossed the border with the two babies," Julian continued. He pushed his hand through his hair and sighed. "They are long dead, and from what I can tell, they took all their secrets with them."

"They didn't have children," Veronica chimed in. "No other relatives from what I can tell."

*They might have confided with a neighbor or a friend," Tiffany suggested.

Julian pointed at her. "I was thinking that too. Well, hoping it more like. We tracked down their last known location." Julian motioned toward the map of the kingdom that he had hanging behind him on the board. "They spent their twilight years here." He pointed at a spot on the map.

Tiffany came closer to see. "I know where that is. It's pretty close. Just like... thirty minutes from here? Maybe? With no traffic."

I braced myself for whatever wild plan he was about to

go

day after tomorrow, so theoretically, we could

Veronica said, "I

We're in this for the long haul. We have to exhaust every

with a tiny shrug. She seemed resolved to join Julian on

to be able to help while I can," Tiffany said. "If we wait any longer than going tomorrow, it will be too late

as he awkwardly

he said and stepped to the side away

it was clear he was otherwise engaged, Tiffany looked at Veronica

me those sad eyes, girls," Tiffany said. "We've always known I'm the next to go out of the three of us." "I have every much a chance to be eliminated

looks at the

did Veronica. It wasn't too surprising that Tiffany had been able to pick up on

comes, and Julian has to pick two, I'm