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 like Lena and Joseph existed

reason to believe that even with my slight advantage, I would make it far in this

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

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

to combine the three

finished Elva’s

final work, as she had the most

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

the window, likely the

I

Nicholas’s solo date, but

were

length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war

to me.

for the distraction, I

down toward

Lilliana stood near the entrance of the

hands.

a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube from Nicholas’s

brown and white mare

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana came

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

Lilliana shook her head,

I couldn’t hear the exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would

I

cube to the horse himself. In his

and with Nicholas’s help,

near her waist, keeping

riding together. He had

same way.

feel the phantom

you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me when you

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

I

riding for today

properly

the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They

hands away from her

did not

chosen her, out of

mounted his 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 closer to

at the window.

gasped when she realized,

was going to do, she

She waved both arms.

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

hand

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