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

But people like Lena and Joseph existed in every

little reason to believe that even with my slight

mean I

for my dress into three separate parts that we had worked

were ready to combine the three elements into a

already finished Elva’s

insisted on doing the final work, as

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

the window, likely the horses again, with

I

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

and I were over

I paced the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war

called to me.

I joined her at the

down toward the stables.

of the

hands.

black stallion that greedily accepted

a brown and white

trying to sidestep whenever

own horse to approach Lilliana.

shook her head,

this distance, I couldn’t hear the exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold the

I

to the horse himself. In his presence, the mare

Nicholas’s help, lifted herself

hands lingered near her

riding together. He had helped me then,

same way.

remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his

then. “Tell me when you are okay, and

a playful smile. “What if I want to stay

I

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

properly

wondered if he was saying much the same

hands away from her waist quickly

distance, these two did not seem to like

her, out

alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow

at the window.

gasped when she realized,

before I could figure out what she was going to do, she shouted from the

She waved both arms.

glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression seemed to

lifted a hand

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