The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 15

“Nicholas.”

I was dreaming. I must have been close to waking up to be so lucid.

I stood in my old room at the Academy. Nicholas had his back to me, his hand on the door handle. A

familiar curl of dread was growing in my stomach. A dull, physical ache rested behind my ribs.

This was the moment I had broken up with him.

“I’m sorry,” I said.

“Save it.” His voice was rough. I’d hurt him, but he didn’t want to admit it. He wouldn’t let me see.

“Nick, please –”

“Don’t call me that.” He pulled the handle and the door swung open. The light of the hall was blinding.

compared to the dimness of the room.

I had wanted to stop him. I wanted to take back everything, and bring him into my arms again.

But I couldn’t.

and the loss of

myself to relive the moment, watching him

gone, my body crumpled, just as it had that day. I’d hid my pain in

him to know what I’d done, and what it

before I

looked back.

stared at the silk canopy above my borrowed bed.

half–pressed into the

watching her for a long time, as I

belonged.

a knock sounded on the door, and the two maids

the day of the candidates‘ first public appearance. We had to get ready. Everything had

derfdat

had decided to try to stay as long as I

eat three full meals a day again. I was already regaining some of the weight I’d lost. My ribs weren’t quite so visible anymore. Each day, I was gaining more

now I could at least last a full

exhausted.

me dress after my shower. Elva and I had matching light green gowns with faux wildflowers stitched into the skirt. Elva wanted to wear a flower crown to match,

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