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

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

didn’t mean I

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

combine the

Elva’s

quiet maid insisted on doing the final work, as she had the

the mannequin for the dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot, since that

window, likely the horses again, with the stables

I

wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to bother me

were over long

the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging

called to me. “Mommy, come

the distraction, I joined her at the

toward

of the stables as

hands.

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

for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed nervous around her. The

whenever Lilliana came

to approach Lilliana. He offered

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer

way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold the

I

cube to the horse himself. In his presence,

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

her waist, keeping

had gone horseback riding

same way.

remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands

you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me

“What if I want to

I

for today and return to

properly

wondered if he was saying much the same thing to

moved his hands away from her waist quickly and

these two did not seem to

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

mounted his stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s

I could figure out what she was going to

She waved both arms.

Lilliana glowered, but

hand and

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