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.

something I wanted to do. It hurt me still,

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

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

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I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had been

that young, innocent girl

want,” I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt

and I intend to correct

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

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take

wanted to hate him,

knees beside the couch

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

was very far from these golden fixtures and expensive

here. I needed to go

I

beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing Nicholas again,

quickly, my own eyes slid

Excuse me,

blinked open

the King Luna, and princes have

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

I looked up again, he was already disappearing out of the room. He left

the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it

It is. We have to be quiet though,

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my

was standing atop some type of stage The

one side. The three

in my purse. He was

his voice camed far, like he was accustomed

said, calming the crowd and gaining their

are very pleased by your presence

and whispered something in

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