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.

She recovered quickly this time, thank God, and returned to

said to Julian, “My daughter is frail and sick often. I have to work hard to care for her. I

to his chin. “Piper, you realize this is the royal

“Yes, but-

while you are here, wouldn’t you have access to all the royal

I froze.

royal family truly

here, you are under the care of my family. We wouldn’t simply stand by and let you or

my eyes at him. Turning away a sick child would surely be bad for

horrible, be said, smile

was be being so generous with what were

know

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

more brown than gold, with

I was

elaborate pranks. Nicholas, the more

panic, the fire department had been called in. Julian had laughed and said it wasn’t a real fire. He couldn’t understand why anyone was

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