The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 15

Chapter 0015

“Nicholas.”

I was dreaming. I must have been close to waking up to be so lucid.

I stood in my old room at the Academy. Nicholas had his back to me, his hand on the door handle. A

familiar curl of dread was growing in my stomach. A dull, physical ache rested behind my ribs.

This was the moment I had broken up with him.

“I’m sorry,” I said.

“Save it.” His voice was rough. I’d hurt him, but he didn’t want to admit it. He wouldn’t let me see.

“Nick, please –”

“Don’t call me that.” He pulled the handle and the door swung open. The light of the hall was blinding.

compared to the dimness of the room.

I had wanted to stop him. I wanted to take back everything, and bring him into my arms again.

But I couldn’t.

had a newborn baby waiting for me, and the loss of my

myself to relive

was gone, my body crumpled, just as it had that day. I’d hid my pain in front

to know what I’d done, and what

I had cried long into the night, before I pulled myself together, left

looked back.

the silk canopy above my borrowed bed. Beside me,

into

there watching her for a long time, as I pressed

belonged.

the two maids

appearance. We

derfdat

decided to try

some of the weight

be as strong as those with wolves, but now I

exhausted.

gowns with faux wildflowers stitched into the skirt. Elva

made

help, then, holding Elva’s hand, I led her to the parlor room where the other girls

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