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.

something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon

many other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself

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

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help but wonder if I was misremembering the past.

I wasn’t that young, innocent

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

and I intend

“You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the same mistake

into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate

insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any

hate him,

my knees beside the couch where Elva

would

was a nice

was very far from these golden fixtures and expensive

go home and look for another job, as soon

I

beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from

my own eyes

Excuse me,

open my

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

my eye. “Wait, there’s been

already disappearing out of

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

is. We have to be quiet though, okay?

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms and camed

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

one side. The three princes

on the bills in my purse. He was pale

far, like he was accustomed to public

and gaining their

presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over the coming

leaned in and whispered something

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