The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0030

They both nodded, finally in agreement.

They removed the dress they had been working on and added it to the scrap pile.

“What are you doing with that?” I hurried to the discarded dress.

“It’s all wrong,” the talkative maid said. “The color’s too dark, and it’s not shapely enough. We can do

better.”

“Don’t throw it out.” I held the dress protectively to my chest.

They both looked at me. “Why not?”

“It’s beautiful, and you both worked so hard on it. Let me keep it. I don’t have to wear it to the First Ball, but I’d like to wear it at some point.”

They glanced at each other.

“It’s up to you, Miss Piper,” the talkative maid said. “Everything in here is a gift to you. If you would like to keep it, that’s your decision.”

I smiled, relieved. I really didn’t want such a beautiful gown to go to waste. I went to the closet and hung it inside.

I admired it, hanging among the other beautiful gowns, Elva came running into the

scary guards

out of the closet. Elva followed, but I

the door while the other

anything!” the maid

nodded to the quiet one, who took hold of Elva’s hand, keeping

the meaning of

third guard, the one by the door, stepped forward. “Apologies, ma’am,

true, Miss Piper, I

says she didn’t do it, and I believe her,” I

his harsh words. “It’s not up to you, ma’am. She’ll need to

investigated.”

investigate her. You don’t

the maid’s arms and tugged

guard told me. “She’ll need to

You can’t take someone away without knowing

fault.”

These are palace affairs. I’m sorry, ma’am, but this is just how things are done.

she said,

“But –”

go, and everything will be okay.” Her voice trembled. I didn’t know if she believed what