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 not a good enough actor for everything we shared

pulled

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

we broke up, Elva had already been

sister,” he said. “Your twin.”

I nodded.

like you. So she would also look like

out. He looked at me as if seeing me for the first time. “Elva is your

At femid, in part. The rest I could

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

contact with me a few times but

and asked for my

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

Nicholas said. “I

I couldn’t involve you in this. You are

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

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

you safe.”

and gently coaxed me to look at

but his eyes held only concern. When

was keeping

both knew the answer. no one.