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

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

with him now and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into

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

I wasn’t that young, innocent

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

mistake, and I

only woman who ever dared to break

and left me, then, walking out into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him. So

that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any

wanted to hate

sunk to my knees beside

stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have

a

My reality was very far

I needed to go home and look

I

cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing

own eyes

Excuse

blinked open my

your pardon, miss, but the King Luna,

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s been

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

the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my arms and camed

was standing atop some

one side. The three princes

did on the bills in my purse. He was pale

his voice camed far, like he was accustomed to

the crowd and gaining their attention

by your presence and look forward

Luna leaned in and whispered something in the King’s

in a moment. I would