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

being one myself. But people like Lena and Joseph

with my slight advantage, I would make it far in

mean I

design for my dress into three separate

were ready to combine the

Elva’s matching dress

final work, as she had the

not to be included in

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

I

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

I were over

the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war

to me. “Mommy,

distraction, I joined her at the

toward the stables. “It’s

near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to

hands.

was a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube from

horse chosen for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana came

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

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to

with the way Lilliana

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would

I

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

Nicholas’s help, lifted herself

her

horseback riding together. He had helped me then, much

same way.

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

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

him a playful smile. “What if I want to stay like

I

on horseback riding for today and return to one of our

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana,

moved his hands

two did

Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the

stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which brought them

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s

could figure out what she was going to do, she

She waved both arms.

Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

lifted a hand

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