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 in every

reason to believe that even with my slight advantage, I would

mean I wouldn’t

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

to combine the

finished Elva’s matching

doing the final work, as she had the most experience

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

outside the window,

I

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

I were

the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within

Elva called to me.

I joined

down toward the stables. “It’s

and Lilliana stood near the entrance of the stables as

hands.

that greedily accepted a sugar cube from

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

sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar

her head, refusing to

words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold the

I

the sugar cube to the horse himself. In

Nicholas’s help, lifted herself

near her waist, keeping

had gone horseback riding together.

same way.

still feel the

fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me

smile. “What

I

under the sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you want me to

properly

same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

moved his hands away from her waist quickly and without

did not seem to

chosen her, out

mare alongside his horse,

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s

was going

She waved both arms.

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

hand and waved

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