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.

It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it

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

he had become, brought all those

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

wasn’t that young,

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

a mistake, and I

Nicholas said, so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never

and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but instead, he gently

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

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

hate him, but

beside the couch where Elva

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

was a

very far from these golden fixtures

wasting time, staying here. I needed to go home

I

cushion. I was

own eyes slid

Excuse me,

blinked open

nervous official hovered over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry

sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s

was already disappearing out of the room. He left

couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for more

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

I pulled Elva into my

standing atop some type of stage The

side. The three princes flanked his other

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

his voice camed far, like

calming the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on having

for this monumental event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward

Luna leaned in and whispered something

of course. We will be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask that only