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.

him had never been something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push

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

all those feelings crashing back

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

wasn’t that young, innocent

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

mistake, and I intend to correct

said, so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate

he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of

hate him,

sunk to my knees beside the couch where

would have been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three

was a

very far from these golden fixtures and expensive

I needed to go home and look for another job, as soon

I

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

quickly, my own eyes slid

me Excuse me,

open my

I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna,

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

already disappearing out of the room. He left

Elva sat up on the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for more pretty

smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay?

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms and camed her

in the parlor, the royal family was standing atop some

on one side. The

the bills in my purse. He was

far,

the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations

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

Luna leaned in and whispered something in the

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