The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0006

“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.

still, thinking upon it, so I

other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself

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

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was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d

wasn’t that

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

and I intend to

woman who ever dared to break up

room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him. So

hadn’t slammed that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d

wanted to hate

sunk to my knees beside the couch

together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of

a

very far from

time, staying here. I needed to go home

I

the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip,

own eyes

Excuse me,

open my

over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived,

sleep from my

was already disappearing out of

watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my

atop some type of stage The King stood at the

The three princes flanked

older than he did on the bills in my purse. He was pale with

camed far, like he was accustomed

calming the crowd and gaining their attention

by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted

Luna leaned in and whispered

in a moment. I would now ask