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, so

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

had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole my breath

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wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had been

that young, innocent

to my

mistake, and I

my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up

and left me, then, walking out into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

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

to hate him, but I

knees beside

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

a nice

My reality was very far

staying here. I needed to go home and look for another job, as soon

I

was so drained, from the trip, from seeing Nicholas again,

quickly, my own

me Excuse me,

blinked open

your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I

sleep from my

disappearing out of the

on the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for more pretty

smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay?

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms and camed her

family was standing atop some type of stage

The

looked older than he did on the bills in my

far, like he was

the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on

by your presence and look forward

and whispered

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