The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 10

Chapter 0010

But Julian would know, because he was there.

In another life, being near Nicholas would have given me enough reason to want to stay.

But he’d made his feelings about me clear. And I had other priorities.

My gaze slid to Elva, playing with her dolls at the foot of the bed.

“I don’t want to play house,” I said. “Nor do I want to partake in this game of undercutting nobles and

chasing princes.”

I had been away from nobility for a long time, but I hadn’t forgotten their cutthroat politics, where an action as small as selecting the wrong utensil at dinner could start a blood feud. Backstabbing, betrayals, pretending to be nice just to make someone vulnerable…

The memories made my already tired body even more exhausted.

recovered quickly this time, thank

that she wouldn’t overhear, I said to Julian, “My daughter is frail and sick often. I have to

“Piper, you realize this is

“Yes, but-

are here, wouldn’t you have access to

I froze.

that. Would the royal family truly be willing to use their resources to

you are here, you are under the care of my family. We wouldn’t

a sick child

would be horrible, be

so generous with what

to know the real

him, Julian laughed. A roguish light danced in his eyes. They were different

more brown than gold, with no flecks of

so different than I was

been a trickster then for sure, constantly teasing or performing elaborate pranks. Nicholas, the more serious

teacher’s lounge, and in a panic, the fire department had been called in. Julian had laughed and

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