The Luna Choosing Game

Nicholas had never met my twin, but I had definitely talked about her when he and I had been dating. I was constantly worried about her, and she would sneak out into my conversations without even meaning

1. to.

Ever since we were kids, she was getting in trouble. Maybe she was too free–spirited. Maybe she was an adrenaline junkie. I’d never been sure. But she chased danger like she was invincible. It was only a matter

of time before she caught it

Or it caught her.

Under the bright moonlight, I watched the shifts in Nicholas’s expression as he thought it through.

That I had left him to be with someone else had been the most obvious answer for my sudden

departure. He had convinced himself it was true because it made the most sense

But I couldn’t help but wonder if deep down, he doubted.

We had been very much in love for all of our time together. We clicked fast and fell hard. For a long time,

I thought he might be the one.

He knew that. He felt it too.

a selfish reason. I was not a good enough actor for everything we shared to

pulled together,

he seemed to piece it together. My constant worrying.

up, Elva had already been

he said. “Your twin.”

I nodded.

like you. So she would also

if seeing me for the first time. “Elva

At femid, in part. The

sister went with the wrong crowd. She became tangled up in

with me a few times but

for

remembered the desperation in her voice as she had begged me,

Nicholas said.

in

nobility,” Nicholas said, straightening. “I loved you, and you were hurting. I should

you also had a really bright future. You’d never been… tarnished with any of the things she was involved in.” I lowered my head,

you safe.”

my chin and gently coaxed me

but his eyes held only concern. When

was keeping you

the answer. no one.