The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

“Is it good or bad?” Savvy furrowed her eyebrows. She did her best, and she knew it, but it wasn’t like they were in a friendly country. Besides, Elene had plans of her own for the contest, which was evident to everyone present. “Just take a look at it yourself.” Zara handed her a laptop…

Truth be told, she hated it. What she hated even more was that they appeared to be a beautiful couple. Penelope was indeed a stunning woman fit to be a queen. Today she was wearing a deep purple dress, the colour of the royals. And the golden hairband in her rich wavy dark hair looked…

“Of course not!” his sister stepped in his way. “You are not going anywhere, Kai Fionnlagh! You know very well that you have to talk to every contestant. You can start with Penelope, since you are both here. I expect at least fifteen minutes of quality conversation!” “Fine,” he gr0@ned and watched his sibling walk…

And this was when Savvy snapped out of it. “Stop!” she finally found the strength to push him away. “Why?” He didn’t move but retracted his Cannes, replacing them with his soft lips. She was trembling in his arms, and he knew that she wanted this to some extent as well. “I like you, Savannah…

“I am sorry.” The girl lowered her eyes as if she was truly devastated. “Elene wants to eliminate more contenders as soon as possible. They can set up these challenges for us when they want.” It was funny how she threw her best friend under the bus with such ease whereas Elene was trying her…

“Surprise!” Her brother chuckled, and then nodded at Inga. “Continue.” “King Norbert the Second,” the girl answered quietly. None of them knew what to do. Elene continued the questioning, asking each girl about the most notable moments of northern history. Everyone gave the correct answers except for Brigit, whose question was suddenly a date of…

However, this time it was worse since she had to remember a small and insignificant fact from the book she saw just for a few minutes while experiencing this. Not to mention that she had to pretend that everything was A-okay. “If you don’t know the answer, then let’s move on to the next….” Elene…

“Congratulations, lad*ies!” Kai gave them all his most brilliant smile. He seemed very happy with the results. “This wraps it up for today. Enjoy your brunch!” The King stood up, trying to catch Savannah’s glance, but she was too busy watching the reactions of other contenders. “Brother!” Elene, however, was already at his side. “Why…

“No, it’s not. The surprise is that she stayed.” Elene pointed out the obvious. “Don’t you get it? She learned about the three wishes. She wins, and she can get anything from you! Honestly, I don’t think she would stop at the alliance.” “The wishes have limits….” He reminded her what was important here. “She…

“Long.” His voice became deeper and raspier. Her lips curled into a little smile because she could sense that he was genuine. “Well, I just came to tell you not to bother and go to sleep.” The girl lifted her chin defiantly and saw a smirk forming on his lips. He was enjoying their game….