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

myself. But people like Lena and Joseph

had little reason to believe that even with my slight advantage, I would make it far in this

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

maids and I had split the design for my dress into

Now, we were ready to combine the three elements into

finished Elva’s

insisted on doing the final work, as she had

Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot, since that would ruin the

herself was looking at something outside the window,

I

Nicholas’s solo date,

were over long

room, nervousness

called to me. “Mommy, come

for the distraction, I

pointed down toward the stables.

the

hands.

black stallion that greedily accepted

Lilliana was a brown and white mare

sidestep whenever Lilliana

own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube and

her horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing

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

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

horse himself. In his presence, the mare

then, and with Nicholas’s help,

hands lingered near her

riding together.

same way.

myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his

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

playful smile. “What if I

I

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

properly

I wondered if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They didn’t seem

at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her

two did not seem to like each

chosen her, out of all the candidates, for

waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which brought them

at the window.

gasped when she realized,

figure out what she was going to do, she shouted

She waved both arms.

looked up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

hand and

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