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

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

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

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help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind.

I wasn’t that

to my

is a mistake, and I intend

who ever dared to break up with

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

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

hate

beside the couch where Elva

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

a nice

reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures and expensive

go home and look for another job, as soon

I

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

my own eyes

me Excuse

blinked open

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

my eye. “Wait, there’s been

was already disappearing out of the room. He

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

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed her

was standing atop some type of stage The King stood

his Luna on one side. The

bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out cheeks,

himself well and his voice camed far, like

he said, calming the crowd and gaining their attention

We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over the coming

Luna leaned in and whispered