The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0032

The fact was, for whatever the reason, he hadn’t revealed my secret yet. If I played his game, maybe he’d

continue to keep it.

I pressed my hand to his elbow and nudged him closer to the door, further from Elva. I didn’t want her to know the truth yet. We’d have our own conversation in time, when she was old enough to understand.

voice low, just in case, I confessed, “Elva isn’t mine.”

Julian’s perfect veneer finally cracked. His eyes widened for a few solid seconds before he recovered

himself. “Really?”

“She’s the daughter of my twin sister,” I said. The memories burned through my brain, painful and hot.”

sold my wolf to pay off Elva’s ransom.”

“She was being held for ransom?”

“My sister owed too much to so many people. They’d taken Elva as payment. They only gave me so

many days… I did what I had to do.”

see the cogs turning in his brain as he sorted through this new information,

planning to do

he said, when he had reached a conclusion.

being taken weren’t mere

hadn’t. “What do you

sister with

into silence once more. My wolf had been strong, but to

to steal my wolf and my power?

nodded. “Alright. I won’t share this information

I exhaled in relief.

I can’t guarantee for how long I’ll

returned. He’d hold this over my head then, for who knew

who knew what purpose.

was now indebted to Julian, and that knowledge

“You might find

can find out more truth, perhaps it might ease the burden of

the words over in my mind, trying to decide if they were a threat or not, Julian slid

Elva.

she’s part of your family line, the child’s

yours were, she might

said the words so casually, as if he’d been talking about the

Weak as I was, I wouldn’t be able to protect Elva if those same people from the underground came

could become Luna… maybe I could change