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 it to the back of

like work, and caring for Elva, that I

had become, brought all those feelings crashing

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

that young,

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

a mistake, and I intend to

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

children. He’d been kind to Elva.

hate him,

sunk to my knees beside the couch where

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

a nice

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

to go home and look for another job, as soon as

I

I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing Nicholas

my own eyes

me Excuse

blinked open

your pardon, miss, but the King Luna,

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

again, he was already disappearing out of the room.

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

to be quiet though, okay? No

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms

royal family was standing atop some type of stage The King

on one side. The three princes

did on the bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out

far, like he

the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations

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

whispered something

will be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment.