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

people like

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

didn’t mean

had split the design for my dress

were ready to combine the three elements into a

Elva’s matching

doing the final work, as she had the most experience

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

something outside the window, likely

I

I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough

I were over long

room, nervousness and

to me. “Mommy, come

I joined her

pointed down toward the stables. “It’s

and Lilliana stood near the entrance of the

hands.

that greedily accepted a sugar cube

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

sidestep whenever Lilliana came

approach Lilliana. He offered her a

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to

with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold

I

the horse himself. In his presence, the mare seemed

Nicholas’s help, lifted herself

lingered near her

we had gone horseback riding together.

same way.

still feel the

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

had given him a playful smile. “What if I want

I

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

properly

was saying much the same

his hands away

two did not seem to

chosen her, out of all the candidates, for his first solo

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

at the window.

she realized, “He’s coming over

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

She waved both arms.

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

lifted a hand and

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