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."

in Julian's eye. It looked like mischief. I braced myself for whatever wild plan he was about to

go

for the day after tomorrow, so theoretically, we could make this work

they are both dead," Veronica said, "I doubt we

they did make friends... we have to be certain. Buckle in, Veronica. We're in this for the long haul. We have to exhaust every avenue, purpose

suppose," Veronica said with a tiny shrug. She seemed resolved to join Julian on whatever scheme

"If we wait any longer than going tomorrow, it will be too late for me, and

as

his phone. "I'll make arrangements," he said and stepped to the side away from us to make his

was otherwise engaged, Tiffany looked at Veronica

sad eyes, girls," Tiffany said. "We've always known I'm the next to go out of the three of us."

he looks at the

did Veronica. It wasn't too surprising that

me," Tiffany said. "Don't pretend otherwise. When the time comes, and Julian has