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

to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that

become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so

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but wonder if I was misremembering the past.

wasn’t that young,

some bite to my

is a mistake, and I intend

only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper.

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him. So

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

to hate him, but I

my knees beside the couch

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

was a nice

reality was very far from these

time, staying here. I needed to go home and

I

I was so drained, from

quickly, my own eyes

Excuse

open

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

from my eye. “Wait, there’s

disappearing out of the room. He left

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

have to be quiet though, okay? No one can

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms and camed

the royal family was standing atop some type of stage The

The

the bills in my purse. He was

far, like he was accustomed to

calming the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on having

very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming

Luna leaned in and whispered something in the King’s

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