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.

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

other things to focus on 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 crashing

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

wasn’t that young,

whatever you want,” I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt

and I

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

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva.

wanted to hate him, but

my knees beside

child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a happy little

a nice

was very far

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

I

rested my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip,

own eyes slid

Excuse me,

open

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

sleep from my

was already disappearing

the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my arms and

family was standing atop some type

on one side. The three princes flanked

King looked older than he did on the bills in my purse.

camed far, like he was accustomed

calming the crowd and gaining

presence and look forward to

leaned in and whispered

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