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.

me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it to the back

for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain of his

now and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back

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

that young,

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

and

woman who ever dared to break

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him. So

he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions

wanted to hate him,

to my knees beside

If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed

a

it wasn’t reality. My reality was very far

I needed to go home and look for another job,

I

rested my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so

own eyes slid

Excuse

open

over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry to the

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

again, he was already disappearing out of the room.

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

to be quiet

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

I pulled Elva into my arms and camed

the royal family was standing atop some type of stage The

side. The three

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

himself well and his voice camed far, like he was

he said, calming the crowd and gaining their

We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to

and whispered

introductory conference here in a moment. I would now