The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 5

Nicholas held Elva safe and secure in his arms as he stood to his full height. Elva buried her face into the corner of his neck and shoulder. He gently patted her back.

He glanced down at Elva, his gaze so tender that it made my heart clench.

“There, there,” he whispered. “You are safe now.”

“Oh my God,” said one of the other girls in the room, fanning herself. “Of course he’s good with children.”

“Someone pinch me,” said another. “I think I’m dreaming.”

Nicholas’s soft expression hardened as he glared out at the rest of the room. “Whose child is this? Why is she here?”

I started forward, but the girl in the pink dress spoke before I could reach him.

“An outsider sneaked in, unless she’s a maid.”

Some of the other girls snickered at my expense.

“She can’t be a participant,” another girl fake-whispered, loud enough for half-the room to hear. “I thought we had to be virgins, and she’s got a kid.”

I wanted to disappear into a corner. Whether virgin or not, I was nothing compared to the rest of these girls.

My clothes weren’t as nice as theirs, and my figure wasn’t like what it had been at the Academy. I’d lost much of my musculature. I was skinny from too many nights of skipped dinners.

Elva’s wellbeing had always come before my own.

Her sake was the only reason I continued forward rather than hide in embarrassment. I stopped only when I reached Nicholas.

He looked at me, and I looked at him.

I’d forgotten how gorgeous his eyes were, golden brown with flakes of green. When we’d dated, I had spent hours looking at them, trying to memorize that color, but it had seemed different each time.

Before, when I’d stared long enough, I could earn a bashful smile from him. Now, his face was totally devoid of emotion. He looked at me like I was a stranger.

Did he… not recognize me?

become unrecognizable. Unless he truly had sealed me away in

a great embarrassment to

Maybe he hated me.

is the outsider.” The girl in

said, and even his voice was monotone. Another moment of staring at

so I followed him. He led me to an adjoining room, separated by

remember that per the selection rules, you aren’t to be alone

the man, who nervously backed

is an

course, sir.” The man bowed twice as

Elva into the room. I went inside after them. A servant stepped forward and closed the

sick. I had never imagined I’d

even to say. What would he think of me, to see me

chest. She must have cried herself to sleep,

Nicholas, and at once, his perfect façade cracked. He frowned. His golden eyes filled with

hands stayed gentle on Elva, his arm looped

you hide my

skidded to a stop. I blinked once, twice, but, no, I couldn’t

Eloquently, I said, “Huh?”

his arms. She was three years old. That lined up with our breakup

to recall the memory. We’d been so

I couldn’t remember where he was when he’d climaxed. But, hadn’t

to slide into

mistaken,” I said, hoping

child from him would have been a cruelty. He would likely have

That’s her name.

before the

to say, he seemed to struggle to get it out.

glanced between me and Elva. “She looks like

my identical twin sister. But I wouldn’t tell that to Nicholas.

question

What could

and he immediately cut off the deep

gently, he lowered Elva down onto one of the plush couches in

mad at Mommy,” came Elva’s quiet

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