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

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

even with my slight advantage, I would

mean I

had split the design for my

Now, we were ready to combine the three elements into a complete

already finished Elva’s matching dress

insisted on doing the final work, as she had the

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

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

I

sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s

were over long

the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within

called to me.

for the distraction, I joined her

pointed down toward the stables. “It’s

entrance of the stables as horses were brought to them by

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube from

a brown and white mare that seemed nervous around

trying to sidestep whenever

approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube

Lilliana shook her

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 refused to

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold

I

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

help,

near her waist,

times we had gone horseback riding together. He had

same way.

feel the phantom

fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me when you are okay, and I’ll

had given him a playful smile. “What if I

I

should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our

properly

same thing to

much at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly and without

a distance, these two did not seem

imagine why Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the candidates,

horse, and then together they started

at the window.

when she realized,

was going to do, she shouted

She waved both arms.

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

lifted a hand

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