The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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

myself. But people like Lena and Joseph existed in

with my slight advantage,

mean I wouldn’t

for my dress into three separate parts that

combine the three elements into a complete

finished Elva’s matching dress

on doing the final work, as she

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

was looking at something outside the window, likely the horses again, with the stables so

I

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

were over

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

called to

the distraction, I

toward the

the entrance of the stables

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that

Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed nervous

to sidestep whenever

horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube

her horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to

this distance, I couldn’t hear the exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves,

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold

I

cube to the horse himself. In his presence, the

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up

lingered near her

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

same way.

still feel the phantom touch of his

“Tell

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

I

up on horseback riding for today and

properly

saying much the same thing

Nicholas moved his hands away from

a distance, these two did not seem to like

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

mounted his stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which brought

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s coming

could figure out what she was going to do,

She waved both arms.

immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered,

hand