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.

been something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had

many other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain of his

had become, brought all

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I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never

I wasn’t that young,

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

mistake, and I intend to

a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate

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,

my knees beside

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

was a nice

was very far from these golden

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

I

my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing Nicholas again, from…

own eyes

me Excuse

blinked open

the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you

sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s

I looked up again, he was already disappearing out of the room. He

couch, watching me with

be quiet

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my

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

one side. The

than he did on the bills in my purse. He

himself well and his voice camed far, like he was

said, calming the crowd and gaining their attention

pleased by your presence and look

leaned in and whispered something

a moment. I would now ask