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

all those feelings crashing

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couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never

that young,

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

mistake, and I intend

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

the parlor. I thought he might

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

hadn’t slammed that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his

wanted to hate him,

to my knees beside

he would

a

wasn’t reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures and expensive

I needed to go home and look

I

rested my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the

own

me Excuse

open my

hovered over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes

my eye. “Wait,

was already disappearing out of the room. He left

the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it

have to be

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed her

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

The three princes

did on the bills in my purse. He was

his voice camed far, like

he said, calming the crowd and gaining their attention “Congratulations on

are very pleased by your presence and

in and whispered

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