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.

had never been something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it to the back of

work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract

faced with him now and seeing what he had become, brought all those

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different now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe

wasn’t that

want,” I said, adding some bite to

mistake, and I intend

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

I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about me out on

to hate him, but I

knees beside the

had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed

was a nice

it wasn’t reality. My reality was very far from

to go

I

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

own

me Excuse me,

open my

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

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

he was already disappearing out of the room. He left the door

with curious eyes.

gave her my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though,

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms

the royal family was standing atop some type

Luna on one side. The three princes flanked his other

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

well and his voice camed far, like

the crowd and gaining their attention

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

and whispered something in the

will be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask that