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

my slight advantage, I would make it far

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

two maids and I had split the design for my dress into three separate parts that

we were ready to combine the three elements into a complete

finished Elva’s

quiet maid insisted on doing the final work, as

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

window, likely the horses again,

I

felt restless, though I wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it

I were

room, nervousness and

Elva called to me. “Mommy,

the distraction, I joined her at

Elva pointed down toward the stables.

near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to

hands.

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

horse chosen for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that

trying to sidestep whenever

horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a

horse. Lilliana shook her

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, I assumed she

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

the sugar cube to the horse himself. In his

with Nicholas’s help, lifted

near her

times we had gone horseback riding together. He

same way.

still feel the phantom touch of his strong

you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me

a playful smile. “What

I

riding for today and return to one

properly

was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But,

all. Nicholas moved his hands away from

distance, these two did not seem to like each other

chosen her, out of all

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

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s

going to do, she shouted from

She waved both arms.

glowered, but

a hand and

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