The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0006

“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.

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

on like work, and caring for

what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing

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that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the

that young,

said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made it

and

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

and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate

slammed that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children.

to hate

my knees beside

maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the

a

My reality was very far from

to go home

I

the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip,

quickly, my own eyes slid

me Excuse

blinked open

official hovered over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have

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

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

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

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my

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

Luna on one side. The three princes flanked his

in my purse. He was

far, like he

he said, calming the crowd and gaining their attention

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

whispered something

of course. We will be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask