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

common people, being one myself. But people like Lena and Joseph

my slight advantage, I would make it far

didn’t mean

had split the design for my dress into three

Now, we were ready to combine the three elements into a

finished Elva’s

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

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

outside the window,

I

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

were over

of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging

called to me. “Mommy,

for the distraction, I joined her at

down toward the stables.

entrance of the stables

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar

and white

to sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar

shook her head, refusing to offer the

voices, but with the way Lilliana held up

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would

I

gave the sugar cube to the horse himself. In

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into the

lingered near her

times we had gone horseback riding together. He had helped me then,

same way.

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

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

“What if I want to stay

I

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

properly

I wondered if he was saying much the same thing to

his hands

distance, these two did not seem

Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the candidates, for his

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

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s coming

figure out what she was going to do, she shouted

She waved both arms.

glowered, but

hand and waved

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