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.

her hand in mine. It was cold, so I tried to warm it, closing my other hand in over top

waited for her to wake up.

more surprised than I should have been to find him sporting a swelling bruise

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

bed, Julian touched his bruise, having noticed Nicholas eyeing it.

not that bad,

an improvement,” I said.

“A gift from our uncle. He did not take kindly to some of the accusations I made.”

him

even have time to react. Talking,

able to knock that fucker out, even if it wasn’t what he

by

I could now let my mind wander to how

come to happen, and

adding up.

Terry would go after Piper.” Other

wasn’t exactly to Terry’s previous tastes. He generally preferred

it was, Terry would have perceived Piper as

Something that would bring Piper into

for my answer. He was avoiding my