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 tried to push it to the back of

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

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

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couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering

I wasn’t that young,

want,” I said, adding some bite to

mistake, and I

said, so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the same mistake to

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 was, but instead, he gently closed

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate

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

wanted to hate him, but I

my knees beside the couch

together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe

was a nice

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

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

I

on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing

quickly, my own eyes slid

Excuse

open

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

sleep from my eye. “Wait,

was already disappearing out

watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for

have to be quiet though, okay? No

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my

the parlor, the royal family was standing atop some type of stage The

The three princes flanked

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

far, like he

said, calming the crowd and gaining their

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

leaned in and whispered something in

here in a moment. I would now ask that only