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

people, being one myself. But people like Lena

believe that even with my slight

didn’t mean I

and I had split the design for my dress into three separate parts

Now, we were ready to combine the three elements into a complete

finished Elva’s matching dress

on doing the final work, as she had the most experience with

dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included

herself was looking at something outside the window, likely the horses again, with the stables so

I

about Nicholas’s solo date, but it

and I were over

nervousness and trepidation waging war within my chest. My

Elva called to me. “Mommy, come

distraction, I joined her at the

pointed down toward the stables. “It’s

Lilliana stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were

hands.

black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube

for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that

sidestep whenever Lilliana came

left his own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube

horse. Lilliana shook her

distance, I couldn’t hear the exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

himself.

with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up

lingered near her

had gone horseback riding together. He had helped me then, much in

same way.

I could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands on

said then. “Tell me when you

smile. “What

I

the sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one

properly

much the same thing to

much at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly

these two did not

her, out of

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

at the window.

when she realized,

figure out what she was going

She waved both arms.

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

hand and

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