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

the common people, being one myself. But people like

little reason to believe that even with my slight

mean I wouldn’t

for my dress

we were ready to combine the three elements into

Elva’s matching dress

doing the final work, as

mannequin for the dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not

something outside the window, likely the horses

I

thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but

were over long

nervousness and trepidation waging war within my chest.

Elva called to me. “Mommy,

the distraction, I joined her at

down toward

the entrance of the

hands.

was a regal black stallion that

was a brown and white mare that

whenever Lilliana

his own horse to approach Lilliana.

Lilliana shook her head, refusing

the way Lilliana held

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would

I

himself.

help, lifted herself

near her waist,

we had gone horseback riding

same way.

myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his

you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me when you are

had given him a playful smile. “What

I

sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you want me to hold you,

properly

the same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

all. Nicholas moved his hands

a distance, these two did

had chosen her, out of all the candidates, for

He 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

she was going to do, she shouted from

She waved both arms.

both immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression seemed

hand and waved

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