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

for

and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole my breath

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couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering

wasn’t that young,

bite to my own

is a mistake, and I

Nicholas said, so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the same

the parlor. I thought he might slam the

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him. So

a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any

hate

to my knees beside the

been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time.

was a nice

reality. My reality was very far from these

needed to go home and look

I

cushion. I was so drained,

my own eyes slid

Excuse

open my

pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you

my eye.

already disappearing out of the room. He left

with curious eyes. “Is it time for more pretty

my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay? No one can talk when the King

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my arms and camed

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

side. The three princes flanked his other

the bills in my purse.

voice camed far,

crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations

event. We are very pleased by your presence and

Luna leaned in and whispered something in the

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