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

caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract

and seeing what he had become, brought all those

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

wasn’t that young, innocent girl

adding some bite to my own voice.

and I intend

along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been

hate

my knees beside

maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe

was a nice

very far from

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

I

beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained,

own eyes

Excuse me,

open

King Luna, and princes have

the sleep from my eye.

disappearing out of the room. He

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

We have to be quiet though, okay? No one can talk

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my

standing atop some type of stage The King stood at

side. The three

the bills in my purse. He was pale with hollowed out

himself well and his voice camed far,

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

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

in and whispered something

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