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.

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

like work, and caring for Elva, that I could

what he had become, brought all those feelings

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

wasn’t that young, innocent girl

bite to my own voice.

mistake, and I

who ever dared to break up with

the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate

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

wanted to hate him, but I

knees beside the couch

would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a

was a nice

very

I needed to go

I

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

quickly, my own

Excuse

blinked open

your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I

rubbed the sleep from my eye.

was already disappearing out of the room.

watching me with curious

have to be quiet though, okay? No

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my arms and

standing atop

his Luna on one side. The three princes flanked

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

far,

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

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

Luna leaned in and whispered something in the

conference here in a moment. I would now ask that only selected ladies stay to