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

one myself. But people like Lena and

even with my slight advantage, I would make it

mean

my

Now, we were ready to combine

already finished Elva’s matching dress

maid insisted on doing the final work,

newest maid began arranging the mannequin for the dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot,

window, likely the

I

kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it

I were over

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

to me.

the distraction, I joined her at the

toward the stables. “It’s

and Lilliana stood near the entrance of the stables as

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a

and white mare

trying to sidestep whenever

to approach Lilliana. He

her horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to

with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold the

I

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

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted

hands lingered near her waist, keeping

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

same way.

remember, I could still feel the

won’t let you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me when

him a playful smile. “What if I want to

I

on horseback riding for today

properly

much the same thing

at all. Nicholas moved his hands

two did not seem to like each other

her, out of all the candidates, for his first solo

then and mounted his stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride

at the window.

realized, “He’s coming

going to do, she shouted

She waved both arms.

Lilliana glowered,

lifted a hand

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