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.

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

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

had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole

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so different now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering

wasn’t that young, innocent girl

said, adding some bite to my

is a mistake, and I

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

turned and left me, then, walking out into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate

hadn’t slammed that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about me out

hate him, but I

sunk to my knees beside the couch where Elva

been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have

a

very far from these golden

wasting time, staying here. I needed to go home and look for another

I

was

quickly, my own eyes

Excuse me,

blinked open

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

sleep from my eye. “Wait,

already disappearing out of the room.

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

We have to be quiet though,

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my

was standing atop some type of

his Luna on one side. The

on the bills in my purse. He

well and his voice camed far, like he was accustomed to

and gaining

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

whispered something in the

in a moment. I would now ask that only