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.

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

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

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

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I was misremembering

wasn’t that

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

mistake, and I intend to correct

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 allow the same mistake to happen

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate

a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t

to hate him,

sunk to my knees beside the couch

would have been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would

was a nice

My reality was very far from these

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

I

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

my own

Excuse

open my

your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my

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

watching me with curious eyes. “Is

to be quiet though, okay? No one

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms and camed

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

on one side. The three princes flanked his other

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

far, like he was

he said, calming the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on having

We are very pleased by your presence and look forward

in and whispered

course. We will be conducting an introductory conference here in a