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.

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

like work, and caring for Elva, that

him now and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole my breath

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was so different now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never

that

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

mistake, and I intend

are the only woman who ever dared

I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but instead, he gently closed

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

slammed that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t

wanted to hate him, but I

knees beside the couch where Elva

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

was a

reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures

time, staying here. I needed to go home and

I

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

quickly, my own

Excuse me,

blinked open my

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

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

up again, he was already disappearing out of

on the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it

have to be quiet though, okay? No

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms and camed her

atop some type of stage The King

one side. The three princes

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

himself well and his voice camed far, like he

said, calming the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on having

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

leaned in and whispered something

a moment. I would now ask that only selected ladies