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

many other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva,

what he had become, brought all those

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that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had

I wasn’t that young,

some bite to my own voice. The hurt

and I

coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me.

the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but instead, he

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him.

liked children. He’d

hate him,

beside

If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a

a nice

reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures

needed to go home and look for another job, as

I

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

own eyes slid

me Excuse me,

open

nervous official hovered over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry to the parlor at

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

already disappearing

with curious eyes. “Is it time for more

We have to be quiet though, okay? No

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed

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

The three princes flanked

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

camed far, like he

crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on having

event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over the

leaned in and whispered something in the King’s

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