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

But people like Lena and Joseph existed in every

to believe that even with my slight advantage, I would

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

and I had split the design for my dress into three separate parts that we

we were ready to combine the three elements into

already finished Elva’s

on doing the final work, as she had the most experience

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

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

I

sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s

and I were over

the room, nervousness and

to

the distraction, I

pointed down toward the stables.

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

hands.

that greedily accepted a

was a brown and white mare that seemed nervous around her. The

sidestep whenever Lilliana came

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

Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer

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

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

horse himself.

and with Nicholas’s help,

hands lingered near her

gone horseback riding

same way.

I let myself remember, I could still feel

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

“What if I want

I

“Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you want me to hold you, I’d like to

properly

he was saying much the same thing to

much at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her

these two did not seem to like

chosen her, out

horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which brought

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s coming over

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

She waved both arms.

immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered,

a hand and

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