The Luna Choosing Game

I could stare at her forever. I used to, back when we had been dating, on the rare occasions that she

stayed the night. We didn’t do anything sexual. We just liked to hold each other.

I would wake up earlier than her, just as the sun was creeping in through the windows. It would shine on

her, covering her in a soft golden glow. She’d looked like an angel. A woman out of my very dreams..

Even now, I thought the same. There was no golden sunlight here, just the dull tungsten light from the

bedside light. But she was no less beautiful.

She had made the sunlight brighter, not the other way around.

Looking at her helped dwindle some of the bonfire of anger I felt. I could feel the fury buzzing under skin, begging me to run back down there and pummel my uncle.

But I couldn’t leave Piper unattended. In fact…

I pulled my phone from my hip pocket and quickly texted Mark, urging him to be careful with Elva, especially around Terry. By no means, was he to let Elva out of his sight.

my

Once Mark had confirmed, I returned my phone to my pocket and took a seat at Piper’s side, leaning at the very edge of Piper’s bed.

cold, so I tried to warm it, closing my other hand in

her to

up at him and was more surprised than I should have been

ice,” Julian said, with the same cocksure smirk he always wore. The expression practically screamed, You should see the other

walked closer to the bed, Julian touched

bad, is it?”

improvement,” I said.

uncle. He did not take kindly

lay him

even have time to react. Talking, yelling. Terry hit me, Brian hit

to knock that fucker out, even

deserved by

handled and Piper somewhere safe, I could now let my mind wander to how this

to happen, and why.

was adding

Terry would go after Piper.” Other than she was overwhelmingly beautiful, of

to Terry’s previous tastes. He generally preferred

have perceived Piper as

that would bring Piper into his

looked at Julian for my answer. He was avoiding