The Luna Choosing Game

After a few kisses, Nicholas excused himself to change into his own swim trunks. I opted to stay behind, knowing if I went with
him, we would be thoroughly distracted for so long that our absence would definitely be noticed.
No, it was better that we parted for now.
I went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. The green swimsuit Nicholas had picked out for me was tasteful. It
did show off my curves, but in a classy kind of way. My midriff and back were exposed, but not so much so that I felt naked, like I
did when I was wearing the bikini.
Nicholas had good taste.
Comfortable, I headed downstairs and out onto the deck, looking for everyone else. I found them out on the sand, near where a
volleyball net had been erected. Nathan was directing the camera crew nearby, setting them up for the best shots.
Veronica spotted me and waved me over. She had on a one-piece swimsuit with a halter top, covered in polka dots.
Her hair was up in a loose bun.
“The teams have already been picked,” she said. “Do you know how to play?” “A little?” I hadn’t played any team sports since my
days at the academy.
“Good,” Veronica said. “Because I've never played before in my life.”
We waited a few minutes until Nicholas joined us. My thoughts fizzled out when I spotted him. His shorts were low on his hips
and he wasn’t wearing a shirt, revealing miles of hard muscle.
I could have stared at him for hours, drooling. Veronica elbowed me after a few seconds.
Bridget, who I had only given a passing glance to before, bounded over to Nicholas as he descended from the deck. Her tiny
two-piece bikini barely covered her bouncing breasts or her ass. It was as if she was wearing two tiny strips of fabric, not an
actual outfit.
She held out her arms and spun around, giving Nicholas the full view.
Nicholas politely kept his glance the other way.

Inside of me, my wolf snarled, though outwardly, I tried to keep myself contained. Beside me, Julian was less subtle, crossing his
arms and frowning.
The teams were split with Veronica, Julian and I on one team, and Nicholas, Bridget, and Jessica on the other.
Putting me in a position of being able to stare at Nicholas’s bare chest through the mesh net was not a good idea, and I missed
several of the early volleys that should have been easy.
Even Veronica, who had never played the game before, was making more plays than me.
It was so bad, that after a particularly terrible miss, courtesy of the sun reflecting off the shine of sweat on Nicholas’s pecs, Julian
came over to me
and said, “Get your head off of Nicholas’s chest and into the game, please, Piper.” I blushed fiercely. Of course, he would be the
one to notice. Although, with the knowing look Veronica gave me, she probably noticed too.
I shook my head and focused. Julian was right. With the cameras watching, and showing the footage all across the kingdom, I
couldn’t embarrass myself and my team, even if we were just playing for fun.
Plus, if Julian was still playing his best, even with the distraction of Bridget’s bare skin, then I could certainly do the same seeing
Nicholas’s.
From then out, I treated Nicholas’s hotness like I couldn’t even see it and focused fully on the ball. And that was when I started to
notice the obvious weakness on the other team.
Bridget, being so conscious of her image, focused only on where the cameras were and how to give herself the best angle in
front of them. She smiled and posed. While she did make the occasional volley, she only did so when the ball was close enough
that she wouldn’t have to exert herself.