The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0020

Around us, the girls were speaking with each other and the royal family. Only Nicholas, Susie, and myself

were silent.

The King gave Nicholas a hard look, and Nicholas’s lips twitched like he wanted to frown but didn’t.

I thought he might talk to me, but instead, he leaned forward to see Susie around me.

“It is a pleasant evening, wouldn’t you agree, Susie?”

Susie paled. “You… know my name?”

“Of course. I know the name of every candidate.”

“… oh…” She audibly swallowed a spoonful of soup. “Of course. Sorry to offend.”

“I’m not offended,” Nicholas said. “But, to my question. Wouldn’t you agree?”

Susie’s face shifted from white to red so fast, I worried she might be lightheaded. I placed an arm beside her, ready to catch her if she tilted.

“A–Agree?” Susie stuttered

“Yes.” Nicholas’s brow furrowed slightly. “That the weather is pleasant?”

you’ll excuse me, I… I, uh… I have

turned around, seemingly having realized she was still clutching her cloth napkin. She dropped it onto

couple of times. He hadn’t moved at all otherwise,

shy,”

then, glancing at me. He sat back in his chair

table were watching the scene curiously. Nicholas had gone back to not speaking! www he was furious with me, but if he continued to be so unwelcoming, he would eam a

girls, and with the

zooming

the attention to myself. 1, personally, find the weather very

at me again, his frown clear

I tilted my head

immediately schooled his frown into a passive

he asked me. He didn’t wait for me to answer. “I’ve taken to raising some. Beautiful,

“Which is?” I asked.

His gaze sliced into me. “They

tactic, but shameless.”

from my face. He was talking about me. I had a

this was some clever ploy of

match? To aim higher than I had any right

the corner of my mouth with my napkin, giving myself a moment

Then I spoke.

I

love birds,” I

interest. He lifted his soup–filled

is the swan. They are so pure, loyal. Monogamous. Among swans,