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

being one myself. But people like Lena and

even with my slight advantage, I would make it

didn’t mean

two maids and I had split the design for my dress

we were ready to combine the three elements into a complete

finished Elva’s matching

quiet maid insisted on doing the final work, as

began arranging the mannequin for the dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot, since that would ruin the anonymity of the

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

I

why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo

and I were over

room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my chest.

called to

the distraction, I joined her at

pointed down toward

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

hands.

regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar

horse chosen for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed nervous around

whenever

own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar

her horse. Lilliana shook her

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

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold the

I

to the horse himself.

approached then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into the

hands lingered near her waist, keeping her

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

same way.

still feel the phantom touch of

then. “Tell me when you

given him a playful smile. “What

I

should give up on horseback riding for today and return

properly

same

his hands away from her waist quickly and

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

out

to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s coming over

I could figure out what she was going to do, she shouted from the

She waved both arms.

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

hand and