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 his past

maybe he was simply pretending, to save face. I could be a great embarrassment to him, showing up here,

Maybe he hated me.

the outsider.” The girl in pink motioned

monotone. Another moment of staring at

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

remember that per the selection rules, you aren’t

at the man,

an

course, sir.” The

forward and closed the door behind us, leaving Nicholas, Elva, and I

stomach churned. I thought I might be sick. I had never imagined I’d meet

to see me as I was? To see me

must have cried herself to

once, his perfect façade

hands stayed gentle on Elva, his arm looped more protectively around

dare you hide my child from me?”

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

Eloquently, I said, “Huh?”

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

to recall the memory. We’d been so young then,

haste. I couldn’t remember where he was when he’d climaxed. But, hadn’t he been wearing a condom at

that fueled it seemed to slide into bewilderment. His gaze

mistaken,” I said, hoping to

hide a child from him would have been a cruelty. He would likely have struggled forever over the

name. But she’s not

moment, before the

to say, he seemed to struggle to

and Elva.

But I wouldn’t tell that to Nicholas. Elva was mine in every way that mattered. I would not have her seen as

unspoken question for him, and

startled. What could

stirred his arms, and he immediately cut

down onto one of

at Mommy,”

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