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.

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

to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain

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

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

I wasn’t that

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

a mistake, and I intend to correct

along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break

parlor. I thought he might slam the door

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him.

he liked children.

wanted to hate

beside

would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us

was a nice

reality. My reality was very far from

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

I

Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained,

own eyes slid

me Excuse

blinked open

I beg your pardon, miss, but the King

my

he was already disappearing out of the room. He

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

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms and camed her

in the parlor, the royal family was standing atop some type of

on one side. The three princes flanked his other

older than he did on the bills in

far, like he was accustomed

calming the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on having

by your presence and look forward

in and whispered something in the

conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I