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.

It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had

things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva,

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

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but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been

wasn’t that young,

to my own voice. The hurt made it

a mistake, and I intend

woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate

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

wanted to hate him,

to my knees beside

a different world, maybe Elva would have been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could

was a

it wasn’t reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures

staying here. I needed to go home and look for another job, as soon as

I

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

own

Excuse me,

open my

me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King

the sleep from my eye. “Wait,

was already disappearing

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

to be quiet though, okay? No one can talk when the King

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my

standing atop some type of stage The King

side. The

bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out cheeks, but

well and his voice camed far, like he was accustomed to public

crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations

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

and whispered something in

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