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

believe that even with my slight advantage,

didn’t mean

the design for my dress into three separate parts that we

combine

already finished Elva’s matching dress

insisted on doing the final work, as

the mannequin for the dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to

herself was looking at something outside the window, likely the horses again, with the stables

I

felt restless, though I wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s

I were

I paced the length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging

Elva called to me. “Mommy, come

distraction, I joined her at

toward

the

hands.

was a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a

a brown and white mare that seemed nervous

whenever Lilliana

to approach Lilliana. He offered her

Lilliana shook her

spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to treat the horse to

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold the

I

himself. In his presence, the

help, lifted herself up into the

lingered near her waist, keeping

times we had gone horseback riding together.

same way.

I could still feel

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

“What if I want to

I

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

I wondered if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

hands away from her

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

had chosen her, out of all the

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

at the window.

realized, “He’s

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

She waved both arms.

both immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

a hand

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