The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 6

“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.

Breaking up with him 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 my thoughts

caring for Elva,

he had become, brought all those feelings

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

wasn’t that young,

whatever you want,” I said, adding some bite to my own

and

ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the same

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate

liked children. He’d been

hate him, but I

beside the

had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret

a nice

reality was very far from these golden

go home and look for another job, as soon as

I

the cushion. I was so drained, from

quickly, my own

me Excuse

blinked open

but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest

the sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s

disappearing out of

on the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for

to be quiet though, okay? No

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms and camed

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

on one side. The three princes

bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out

voice camed far, like

calming the crowd and

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

and whispered something in the

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