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.

to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to

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

now and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole my breath

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now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had

that young, innocent

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

is a mistake, and I intend

the only woman who ever dared to break up with me.

then out into the parlor. I

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him. So

that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about

wanted to hate him, but

my knees beside the

we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his

was a

reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures and

was wasting time, staying here. I needed to go home and look

I

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

my own eyes

me Excuse me,

blinked open

miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you

the sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s been

again, he was already disappearing out

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

softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay? No one can

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms and

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

his Luna on one side. The three princes flanked

looked older than he did on the bills in my purse. He

camed far, like he was accustomed to public

crowd and gaining

are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming

whispered something

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