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

for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain

and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome

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was so different now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had been too

that

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

a mistake, and I intend to correct

“You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him.

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

wanted to hate

sunk to my knees beside the couch where

have been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would

was a

reality was very far from these golden fixtures and

needed to go home and look for another job, as soon as

I

the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from

own

me Excuse

open

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

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

already disappearing out of the room. He left

with curious eyes. “Is it time

gave her 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

parlor, the royal family was standing atop some type

The three princes flanked his other

looked older than he did on the bills in my purse. He was

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

the crowd and gaining their

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

Luna leaned in and whispered