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

people, being one myself. But people like Lena and Joseph existed in

that even with my slight advantage, I

didn’t mean

I had split the design for my

we were ready to combine the three elements

already finished Elva’s

doing the final work, as she had the most

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

window, likely the horses again, with the

I

thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to

were

room, nervousness and

Elva called to me. “Mommy, come

distraction, I joined her

down toward

Lilliana stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to them

hands.

regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube from

a brown and white mare that seemed nervous around her. The

whenever Lilliana came too

own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube and

her horse. Lilliana shook her head,

exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white

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 into

near her waist,

remembered the times we had gone horseback riding together. He had

same way.

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

he’d said then. “Tell me when you

“What if I want to

I

we should give up on horseback riding for today and

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana, But,

hands away from her waist

did not

I couldn’t imagine why Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the candidates, for his first

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

at the window.

realized, “He’s

figure out what she was going to do, she shouted

She waved both arms.

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

a hand

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