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

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

brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard,

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couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the

that young, innocent girl

to my own voice.

a mistake, and I intend to correct

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

out into the parlor. I

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate

bastard but he liked children.

hate

knees beside the couch where Elva

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

a nice

reality. My reality was very far from these golden

time, staying here. I needed to go home and

I

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

own eyes

me Excuse me,

open my

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

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my eye.

up again, he was already disappearing

with curious eyes. “Is

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

pulled Elva into my

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

on one side. The three princes flanked his

King looked older than he did on the bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out cheeks, but

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

the crowd and gaining their attention

your presence and look

leaned in and whispered

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