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.

I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it to the

like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from

with him now and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings

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

I wasn’t that young,

adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made

a mistake, and I intend

that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the same

I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him.

children. He’d

wanted to hate him,

sunk to my knees beside the couch where Elva

we had stayed together, maybe he would have

a nice

wasn’t reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures

wasting time, staying here. I needed to go

I

cushion. I was so drained, from

own eyes

me Excuse

blinked open

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

sleep from my

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

sat up on the couch, watching me with curious

my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay? No one can talk when the

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed her

royal family was standing atop some type of

The three

he did on the bills in

camed far, like he was accustomed to public

calming the crowd and

this monumental event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted

leaned in and whispered

introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask that only selected ladies stay