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.

up with him had never been something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it

so many other things to focus on like work, and caring for

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

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but wonder if I was misremembering

that young,

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

mistake, and I intend to correct

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

out into the parlor. I thought

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him.

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

hate

to my knees beside the couch where Elva

been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret

was a

wasn’t reality. My reality was very

I needed to go home and look

I

beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was

own eyes

me Excuse me,

blinked open

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

sleep from my eye.

was already disappearing

with curious eyes. “Is

be quiet though, okay? No one can

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms

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

on one side. The three princes flanked his other

on the bills in my purse.

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

the crowd and

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

in and whispered something in the King’s

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