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.

pulled together, confused.

My constant worrying. The

up, Elva had already been born.

he said. “Your

I nodded.

So she

out. He looked at me as if seeing me for the first time.

femid, in part. The rest I could

became tangled up in a

left her pregnant and alone. She’d broken contact with me a few times but when she

for

the desperation in her voice as she had begged me, “Piper, I need

said. “I would have helped.”

you in this.

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

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, afraid he might see the lingering feelings on my face. “I wanted

you safe.”

and gently coaxed me to look

but his eyes held only concern.

was keeping you safe?”

both knew the