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

being one myself. But people

even with my slight advantage, I would make it far

mean I

maids and I had split the design for my dress

Now, we were ready to combine the

Elva’s matching dress

doing the final work,

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

at something outside the window,

I

about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to bother me like

and I were

of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my

Elva called to me.

for the distraction, I joined her

down toward the stables.

near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to

hands.

regal black stallion that greedily accepted a

chosen for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed

whenever Lilliana

own horse to approach Lilliana. He

her horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to

this distance, I couldn’t hear the exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold

I

horse himself. In his presence, the mare seemed to

and with Nicholas’s help,

her waist, keeping

horseback riding together.

same way.

myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands on my

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

playful smile. “What if I want

I

riding for today and

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana,

at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from

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

Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the

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

at the window.

realized, “He’s coming

could figure out what she was going to do, she

She waved both arms.

both immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered, but

hand and

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