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 in every

had little reason to believe that even with my slight advantage, I

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

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

to combine the three

finished Elva’s matching dress

on doing the final work, as she had the most

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

at something outside the window, likely the

I

thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to bother

and I were over long

paced the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my

Elva called to

I joined her at

down toward the stables.

of the stables as horses were

hands.

a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar

Lilliana was a brown and white mare that

to sidestep whenever

horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube

Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer the

some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she

I

cube to the horse himself. In his presence, the

and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into

near her

remembered the times we had gone horseback riding together. He had helped me then,

same way.

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

“Tell me when you are okay, and I’ll let

playful smile. “What if I want

I

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

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly

a distance, these two did

out of all the candidates, for his first

mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which brought them

at the window.

she realized, “He’s

what she was going

She waved both arms.

Lilliana glowered, but

hand and

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