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

common people, being one myself. But people

that even with my slight advantage, I would make it

mean I

had split the design for my dress into three separate parts that we had worked

to combine the three elements into a complete

already finished Elva’s matching dress

final work, as she had

mannequin for the dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot, since that would ruin

herself was looking at something outside the window, likely the

I

why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but

were over

of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my chest. My

called to

the distraction, I

down toward

entrance of the stables as horses were brought to

hands.

that greedily accepted a

a brown and white

whenever Lilliana came

Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube

her head, refusing to offer the

the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to treat the horse to

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold

I

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

approached then, and with Nicholas’s help,

her

remembered the times we had gone horseback riding together.

same way.

could still feel the phantom touch of his

fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me when you are okay, and I’ll let

a playful smile. “What

I

riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you want me to hold you, I’d like to do

properly

if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

hands

did not seem

out of all

He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s coming

out what she was going to do, she

She waved both arms.

up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s stern

lifted a hand

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