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.

hanging among the other beautiful gowns, Elva came running into the

The scary guards are

the closet. Elva followed, but

were in the room. One stood at the door

do anything!” the

took hold of Elva’s hand, keeping her safely out of the

meaning of this?

guard, the one by the door, stepped forward. “Apologies, ma’am, but your maid has been accused of stealing

true, Miss Piper,

it,

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

investigated.”

don’t have

guards each grabbed one of the maid’s arms and tugged

the guard told me. “She’ll need to be interrogated

take someone away without knowing

fault.”

guard shook his head. “We can if it is on palace grounds. These are palace affairs. I’m sorry, ma’am,

she said,

“But –”

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