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.

I would simply up and leave for such a selfish reason. I was

pulled together,

piece it together. My constant worrying. The timing. Elva’s age.

broke up, Elva had

said. “Your

I nodded.

like you. So she would

me as if seeing me for the first time.

Brusts. At femid, in part. The

went with the wrong crowd. She became tangled up in a series of bad

pregnant and alone. She’d broken contact with me a

for

in her voice as she had begged me, “Piper, I need you.”

said.

in this. You are

“I loved you, and you were hurting. I should have been there

future. You’d never been… tarnished with any of the things she was involved in.” I lowered my head, afraid he might see

you safe.”

coaxed me to look at him again. I had thought

held only concern. When he

keeping you

the answer.