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

But people like Lena and Joseph existed

that even with my slight advantage, I would make

mean I wouldn’t

I had split the design for my dress into three separate

Now, we were ready to combine

finished Elva’s matching

on doing the final work,

photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot,

window, likely the horses again, with

I

I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date,

I were over long

the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging

Elva called to me.

I joined her at

Elva pointed down toward the

near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to them by

hands.

stallion that greedily

a brown and white mare that seemed

to sidestep whenever

approach Lilliana. He offered her

shook her

mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

gave the sugar cube to the horse himself. In

and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into the

her waist, keeping

riding together. He had helped

same way.

still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands on

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

given him a playful smile. “What if

I

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

properly

the same thing

much at all. Nicholas moved his hands

these two did not seem to

had chosen her, out of all

alongside his horse, and then together

at the window.

when she realized,

figure out what she was going to do, she shouted from the window,

She waved both arms.

glowered, but Nicholas’s

hand and waved

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