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 and Joseph existed

had little reason to believe that even with my slight

didn’t mean

my dress into three separate parts that we

ready to combine the three elements into

finished Elva’s matching dress

on doing the final work, as she had

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

outside the window, likely

I

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

I were

nervousness and trepidation waging war within

Elva called to me. “Mommy,

I joined her at

Elva pointed down toward the

and Lilliana stood near the entrance of the stables as horses

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that greedily

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

sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

approach Lilliana. He offered her

horse. Lilliana shook her

the way Lilliana held up her pure

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would

I

gave the sugar cube to the horse himself.

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself

lingered near her

remembered the times we had gone horseback riding together.

same way.

still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands on

fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me when you

“What if I want to

I

for today and return

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They didn’t

all. Nicholas moved his hands away from

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

had chosen her, out

waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace

at the window.

realized, “He’s coming over

I could figure out what she was going

She waved both arms.

immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression seemed

hand and waved

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