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.

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

so many other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain of

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

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now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past.

wasn’t that young, innocent girl

some bite to my own voice.

and

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

into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him.

bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take

wanted to hate him, but

knees beside the couch

maybe he would

was a

was very far from these golden fixtures

here. I needed to go home and

I

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

my own

me Excuse me,

open

hovered over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry to the parlor

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

again, he was already disappearing

Elva sat up on the couch, watching me with

have to be quiet though,

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my

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

Luna on one side. The three

in my purse. He was pale with

camed far, like he was accustomed to

and gaining their attention

are very pleased by your presence and

Luna leaned in and whispered something

here in a moment. I would