The Luna Choosing Game

“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

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

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

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

I wasn’t that young, innocent girl

adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made it

a mistake, and I intend

“You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll

room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but instead, he

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about me out on

wanted to hate

my knees beside the

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

was a nice

very far from these golden fixtures

here. I needed to go home

I

the cushion. I was so drained, from the

my own eyes

me Excuse me,

open

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

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my eye. “Wait,

disappearing out of the

watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed

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

his Luna on one side. The three princes flanked

in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out cheeks, but

himself well and his voice camed far, like he was accustomed to public

and gaining their attention “Congratulations on having

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

leaned in and whispered something in