The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 43

Chapter 43

At first glance, she appeared friendly enough, smiling peacefully. She curtsied to me and introduced herself.

Tm looking forward to serving you,” she said.

But I found it strange. Surely she had passed my other maid being taken away down the hall. What kind of person would be smiling so calmly after having witnessed such a thing?

icholas.

I

I

Today was the day for Nicholas’s solo date, and I was trying my very best not to think about it.

Ever since receiving Joseph’s threatening letter, I’d been hiding out in my room as much as I could to

avoid him and the mean–looking guards.

With the First Ball fast approaching, I used the extra time in my room to help my maids work on me and

Elva’s gowns.

The dress had to be perfect. The order of introductions for the girls at the ball was to be determined by

the princes‘ preferences of the dresses.

Once the gowns were finished, pictures were to be taken of them and given to the princes, who would

then select their favorites. Those favorites would be the first ones introduced at the ball, and therefore

given the most time with the princes.

And with the cameras.

A major component of the Luna Choosing Game, was earning the public’s favor. I had a small advantage

myself. But people like Lena and Joseph existed in every

my slight advantage, I would make it far in this

didn’t mean

maids and I had split the design for my dress

combine

Elva’s matching dress

work, as she

dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot,

outside the window, likely the horses again, with the stables so

I

I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to

were over long

the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation

called to

for the distraction, I joined

Elva pointed down toward

the stables as horses

hands.

was a regal black stallion that greedily

a brown and white mare that seemed nervous

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

to approach Lilliana. He

her horse. Lilliana shook her head,

spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to treat the horse to spare

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold the

I

gave the sugar cube to the horse himself. In his presence, the mare seemed to

Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into the

her waist,

riding together. He had helped me then, much in

same way.

if I let myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands

then. “Tell me when you are okay, and I’ll

“What if I want to

I

should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of

properly

if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They didn’t seem

all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her

distance, these two did not seem to

I couldn’t imagine why Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the

waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace –

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s

going

She waved both arms.

glowered, but Nicholas’s stern

a hand

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