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 Joseph existed in every

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

mean

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

were ready to combine the three

Elva’s matching dress

the final work, as she had the

dress was not to

outside the window, likely

I

restless, though I wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s

and I were over long

paced the length of the room, nervousness and

called to me. “Mommy,

distraction, I joined

toward the

stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were

hands.

that greedily accepted a sugar cube

chosen for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed

whenever Lilliana came

Lilliana.

shook her

distance, I couldn’t hear the exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to treat the horse to spare

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

cube to the horse himself. In

help, lifted herself up

lingered near her waist, keeping her

the times we had gone horseback riding together.

same way.

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

then. “Tell

“What

I

the sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead.

properly

I wondered if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They didn’t seem to

Nicholas moved his hands away from

did not seem to like each other

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

Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse,

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s coming over

figure out what she was going to

She waved both arms.

up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression

lifted a hand and waved

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