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,

become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole my breath

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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

that young, innocent

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

is a mistake, and

woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper.

into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but instead,

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate

insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about me out on

hate him,

knees beside the

he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us

was a nice

was very far from these golden fixtures

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

I

was so drained, from the trip, from

quickly, my own eyes

Excuse me,

blinked open my

I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry to the

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my eye.

I looked up again, he was already disappearing out of the room.

watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for more pretty

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

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed

standing atop some type of stage The King stood at the

on one side. The three princes flanked his

older than he did on the bills in my purse. He was pale

and his voice camed far, like he

the crowd and gaining their attention

this monumental event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to

Luna leaned in and whispered something in