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

common people, being one myself. But people

with my slight advantage, I would

didn’t mean I

I had split the design for my dress into three separate

to combine the three

finished Elva’s matching dress

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

not to be included in the shot, since that would ruin

window,

I

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

I were over long

the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war

to me. “Mommy,

distraction, I joined

toward the stables. “It’s

of the stables as horses were brought to them

hands.

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

a brown and white mare that seemed nervous around

whenever

own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar

shook her head, refusing to

voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold

I

gave the sugar cube to the horse himself. In his presence,

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted

hands lingered near her

gone horseback riding together. He had helped me then, much

same way.

myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his

then. “Tell me when you are okay,

smile. “What if I want to stay

I

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

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly

from a distance, these two did not seem to like each

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

Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards

at the window.

she realized, “He’s coming over

was going to do, she shouted from the

She waved both arms.

glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression seemed to

a hand

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