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.

It hurt me still,

work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from

had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole

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

that young,

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

mistake, and I intend

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

then out into the parlor. I

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about

to hate him, but I

beside the couch

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

was a nice

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

to go home and look for another job, as soon

I

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

my own

Excuse me,

open my

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

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my

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

me with curious eyes.

my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though,

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms

was standing atop some type of stage The

on one side. The

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

and his voice camed far,

crowd and gaining

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

leaned in and whispered something in

a moment. I would now ask that only selected ladies stay