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.

still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push

to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I

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

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

that young, innocent girl

bite to my own voice. The hurt made

mistake, and I

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

turned and left me, then, walking out into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate

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

hate him, but

to my knees beside the

had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a

was a nice

was very far from

time, staying here. I needed to go home and look for

I

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

quickly, my own eyes

me Excuse

blinked open my

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

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

he was already disappearing out of the room.

Elva sat up on the couch, watching me with

softest smile. It is. We have to be

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms and camed her

atop some type of stage The King stood

The

King looked older than he did on the bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out cheeks, but

far, like he was accustomed

he said, calming the crowd and gaining

this monumental event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more

whispered something in

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