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

other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the

had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole my

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misremembering the past. Maybe

that

said, adding some bite to my own voice.

mistake, and I intend

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

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him. So

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

wanted to hate him, but

my knees beside the

If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of

was a nice

was very far from these golden

wasting time, staying here. I needed to go

I

the cushion. I was so drained, from the

my own eyes slid

me Excuse me,

blinked open

King Luna,

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

up again, he was already disappearing out of the room.

me with curious eyes. “Is it time for

to be quiet though, okay? No one can talk

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

I pulled Elva into my arms and

royal family was standing atop some type of stage The King

one side. The three princes flanked his

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

camed far, like he was accustomed

crowd and

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

Luna leaned in and whispered something