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

other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract

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

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

wasn’t that young, innocent girl

some bite to my own

mistake, and I intend to

ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break

into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him. So

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 misconceptions about me out

hate

knees beside the couch where Elva

If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe

a

very far from

time, staying here. I needed to go home and look for another job, as soon

I

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

own

me Excuse

blinked open

the King Luna, and princes

my

again, he was already disappearing out of the room. He

with curious eyes. “Is it time for more

softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms and

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

on one side. The three princes flanked his other

the bills in my

camed far, like he was accustomed to

crowd and gaining their attention

are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted

Luna leaned in and whispered something