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

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

didn’t mean I

design for my dress into

we were ready to combine

finished Elva’s matching dress

doing the final work, as she had the most

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

outside the window, likely the horses again, with

I

kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it

and I were over long

the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within

Elva called to

the distraction, I joined her at

toward the stables.

the stables as horses were brought to them by

hands.

that greedily accepted a sugar cube

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

to sidestep whenever Lilliana

left his own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer

with the way Lilliana held up

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would

I

the sugar cube to the horse himself. In his

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted

her waist,

times we had gone horseback riding together. He had helped

same way.

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

let you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell

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

I

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

properly

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

at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist

distance, these two did not seem to like each other

Nicholas had chosen her, out of

her mare alongside his horse, and then together

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s

she was going to do, she shouted from the window,

She waved both arms.

up. Lilliana glowered,

a hand

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