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

one myself. But people like

my slight advantage, I would make it

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

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

we were ready to combine the three

already finished Elva’s matching

the final work, as she had the most

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

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

I

Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to

and I were over long

the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war

called to me. “Mommy, come

I joined

toward the stables.

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

hands.

regal black stallion that greedily accepted a

a brown and white

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana

approach Lilliana. He

Lilliana shook her

with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to treat

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold the

I

gave the sugar cube to the horse himself. In his presence, the mare seemed

Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into the

lingered near her

riding together.

same way.

still feel the

fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me when

playful smile. “What if

I

riding for today and return to one of our rooms

properly

wondered if he was saying much the same thing

at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist

two did not seem to

had chosen her, out of all the

mare alongside his horse, and then

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s

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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