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.

wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it,

caring for Elva, that I could successfully

now and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard,

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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

I wasn’t that

I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made it

and

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

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,

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him. So

but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about me out

hate him, but

sunk to my knees beside the

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

a

reality. My reality was very

I needed to go home

I

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

quickly, my own eyes

Excuse

open my

but the King Luna, and princes

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my eye.

again, he was already disappearing out of the

me with curious eyes. “Is

have to be quiet though,

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed

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

side. The three princes flanked his other

older than he did on the bills in

and his voice camed far, like he was

he said, calming the crowd and

your presence and look forward to becoming more

Luna leaned in and whispered

course. We will be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would