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.

had never been something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking

to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain of his

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

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

I wasn’t that young,

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

and I intend

Nicholas said, so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared

the parlor. I thought

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him.

cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to

to hate

to my knees beside the

he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a

was a nice

reality was very far from these golden fixtures and

staying here. I needed to go home and look

I

Elva’s on the cushion. I was so

quickly, my own eyes slid

me Excuse

open

beg your pardon, miss, but the King

from my

looked up again, he was already disappearing out of the room. He left

couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for more

We have to be quiet

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

I pulled Elva into my arms

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

The three

he did on the bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out cheeks,

his voice camed far,

calming the crowd and

by your presence and look forward to becoming

and whispered something in

be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now