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

caring for Elva,

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

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

I wasn’t that young,

want,” I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made it

mistake, and I intend to

so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate

a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of

hate him, but I

my knees beside the

he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a happy little

was a nice

reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures

go home and look for another job, as

I

rested my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing Nicholas again, from…

quickly, my own

Excuse me,

open my

me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King

from my

already disappearing out of the room.

Elva sat up on the couch, watching me with

her my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though,

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

I pulled Elva into my arms and camed her

family was standing atop some type of stage

Luna on one side. The three

he did on the bills in my purse.

and his voice camed far, like he was accustomed

said, calming the crowd and

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

leaned in and whispered