The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 5

Nicholas held Elva safe and secure in his arms as he stood to his full height. Elva buried her face into the corner of his neck and shoulder. He gently patted her back.

He glanced down at Elva, his gaze so tender that it made my heart clench.

“There, there,” he whispered. “You are safe now.”

“Oh my God,” said one of the other girls in the room, fanning herself. “Of course he’s good with children.”

“Someone pinch me,” said another. “I think I’m dreaming.”

Nicholas’s soft expression hardened as he glared out at the rest of the room. “Whose child is this? Why is she here?”

I started forward, but the girl in the pink dress spoke before I could reach him.

“An outsider sneaked in, unless she’s a maid.”

Some of the other girls snickered at my expense.

“She can’t be a participant,” another girl fake-whispered, loud enough for half-the room to hear. “I thought we had to be virgins, and she’s got a kid.”

I wanted to disappear into a corner. Whether virgin or not, I was nothing compared to the rest of these girls.

My clothes weren’t as nice as theirs, and my figure wasn’t like what it had been at the Academy. I’d lost much of my musculature. I was skinny from too many nights of skipped dinners.

Elva’s wellbeing had always come before my own.

Her sake was the only reason I continued forward rather than hide in embarrassment. I stopped only when I reached Nicholas.

He looked at me, and I looked at him.

I’d forgotten how gorgeous his eyes were, golden brown with flakes of green. When we’d dated, I had spent hours looking at them, trying to memorize that color, but it had seemed different each time.

Before, when I’d stared long enough, I could earn a bashful smile from him. Now, his face was totally devoid of emotion. He looked at me like I was a stranger.

Did he… not recognize me?

changed, sure, but not enough to become unrecognizable. Unless he truly had sealed me away in his past and moved on, never once

maybe he was simply pretending, to save face. I could be a great embarrassment to him, showing up here, years after

Maybe he hated me.

outsider.” The girl

monotone. Another moment of staring at me blankly, then

still held Elva, so I followed him. He led me to an adjoining room, separated by a

man in a suit hurried toward him. “Your Royal Highness, please remember that per the selection rules, you aren’t to be alone with the

at the man, who nervously

an

sir. Of course, sir.” The man

servant stepped forward and closed

might be sick. I had never imagined I’d

would he think of me, to see me as I

cried herself to sleep, eyes closed and drooling. She seemed at

perfect façade cracked. He frowned. His

hands stayed gentle on Elva,

dare you hide my child

thoughts skidded to a stop. I blinked once, twice, but,

Eloquently, I said, “Huh?”

Elva, softly sleeping in his arms. She was three

so young

remember where he was when he’d climaxed. But, hadn’t he been wearing

it seemed to slide into bewilderment. His gaze shifted,

hoping to give

He’d even said so on television. For me to hide a child from him

name. But she’s

before

to say, he seemed to struggle to get it out. He swallowed it

glanced between me and Elva.

to Nicholas. Elva was mine in every way

unspoken question

straightened, startled. What could cause that

his arms, and he immediately cut off the deep

one

be mad at Mommy,” came

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