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

one myself. But people like Lena and Joseph

even with my slight advantage, I would make it far in this

mean

and I had split the design for my dress

we were ready to combine

finished Elva’s matching dress

work, as she had the most experience with

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

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

I

though I wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to bother me like

were

room, nervousness and

Elva called to me.

distraction, I joined

Elva pointed down toward the

entrance of the stables as horses were brought to

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that greedily accepted

a brown and white mare that seemed nervous around her.

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

noticing. left his own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her

her horse. Lilliana shook her

but with the way Lilliana held

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold

I

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

with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into

lingered near her waist, keeping

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

same way.

feel the

“Tell me when you are

smile. “What if

I

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

properly

same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist

a distance, these two did not seem to like each other

had chosen her, out of all the candidates,

then and 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 –

at the window.

she realized,

I could figure out what she was going to

She waved both arms.

both immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

a hand