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.

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

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

all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole

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wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had been too naïve

that young, innocent

want,” I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made it easier.

is a mistake, and I intend to

the only woman who ever dared

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

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

to hate

beside

he would have revealed his

a

reality was very far from these golden

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

I

Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the

my own

me Excuse

open

me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest

the sleep from my eye.

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

me with curious eyes. “Is it

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms

parlor, the royal family was standing atop

side. The three princes

he did on the bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out cheeks, but

voice camed far, like

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

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

in and whispered something in

be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask that only selected ladies stay