The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 6

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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.

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

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

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

wasn’t that young, innocent girl

whatever you want,” I said, adding some bite to my

mistake, and I intend to correct

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

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate

children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any

hate

to my knees beside the couch

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

a

My reality was very far from these golden fixtures

go home and look for

I

I was

quickly, my own

Excuse

open

King Luna,

my eye. “Wait, there’s been

already disappearing out of the room. He

with curious

It is. We have to be quiet though, okay?

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

I pulled Elva into my arms and

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

The three

in my purse. He was pale with hollowed

well and his voice camed far, like he was

calming the crowd and

pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over

Luna leaned in and whispered something in the

a moment. I

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