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

common people, being one myself. But people like Lena and Joseph existed

even with my slight advantage, I would make

mean I

my dress into three separate parts

Now, we were ready to combine the three elements into

already finished Elva’s matching dress

maid insisted on doing the final work, as she

the mannequin for the dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be

was looking at something outside the window, likely

I

about Nicholas’s

I were

room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my

called to me. “Mommy,

the distraction, I joined her

pointed down toward

the stables as horses were brought

hands.

regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube

brown and white mare that seemed nervous around

whenever Lilliana came

to approach Lilliana. He

horse. Lilliana shook her head,

voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves,

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold the

I

horse himself. In

and with Nicholas’s help, lifted

lingered near her waist,

riding together. He had helped me then,

same way.

remember, I could still feel the phantom touch

then. “Tell me when

had given him a playful smile. “What if I want to

I

sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and

properly

was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They

much at all. Nicholas moved his hands away

distance, these two did

why Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the candidates, for his first

for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they

at the window.

realized, “He’s

what she was going to do, she shouted

She waved both arms.

both immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered,

a hand and

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