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 and

had little reason to believe that even with my slight

mean I

I had split the design for my dress into three

Now, we were ready to combine the three

finished Elva’s matching dress

maid insisted on doing the final work,

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

something outside the window, likely

I

though I wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but

I were over long

room, nervousness

Elva called to me.

I joined her at the

pointed down toward the stables. “It’s

stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that

brown and white mare that seemed

sidestep whenever

horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer the

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

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she

I

to the horse himself. In his presence, the

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself

her waist, keeping her

the times we had gone horseback riding together. He had helped

same way.

myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of

let you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell

smile. “What if I want to stay

I

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

properly

wondered if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But,

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

a distance, these two did not seem

out of all the candidates, for

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 closer to

at the window.

realized, “He’s

could figure out what she was going to

She waved both arms.

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

a hand

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