The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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“How long did you wait, Piper? A week? Two? It couldn’t have been long.”

He sounds like he’s jealous. Or was that an illusion? He doesn’t care about me and is just mad at me.

Maybe the latter is more logical.

His dark eyes burned into me, leaving my heart in scorched tatters. Never in a thousand years would i

have thought Nicholas would be so vicious to me.

“It wasn’t like that.” I said, to try to defend myself.

He crossed his hands over his chest. He wasn’t going to listen to me,

“Why even come here?” he asked me.

“My application was selected…”

“Why even apply? Were you trying to get to me?”

“No,” I said.

“Maybe you regret your child’s father. Maybe you want me back.” He laughed once, bitterly. “Like you

have a chance.”

The words sliced into me as surely as if he’d been holding a knife. He had changed since I’d known him.

Three w

years ago, he’d been kind and patient. I’d given him my heart and he’d gently cradled it. So many

nights, we’d laid under the stars, trading kisses and stories.

Once, when he’d spent all night looking at me, I had told him, “You’re missing the

starlight.”

He’d replied, “I can see it in your eyes.”

The man before me now was nothing like the one I had known. The man here was arrogant, indifferent. and imposing in how he carried himself.

It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had

focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract

brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they

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I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind.

wasn’t that

you want,” I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt

and I intend to

that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper.

out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him.

might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t

hate him,

to my knees beside

would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three

was a nice

was very far from these

staying here. I needed to go home and look for another job, as

I

on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing Nicholas again,

my own

Excuse me,

blinked open my

hovered over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry to the parlor at

my eye. “Wait, there’s been

I looked up again, he was already disappearing out of the

Elva sat up on the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time

It is. We have to be

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed

parlor, the royal family was standing atop some type of stage The King stood

Luna on one side. The three princes flanked

bills in my

well and his voice camed far, like he was accustomed to

the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations

event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to

in and whispered something in

will be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask that only selected