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

people like Lena and Joseph

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

didn’t mean

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

were ready to combine the three

already finished Elva’s

the final work,

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

outside the window, likely

I

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

were over

I paced the length of the room, nervousness and

Elva called to me.

the distraction, I joined

pointed down toward

the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to

hands.

a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a

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

sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

left his own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered

Lilliana shook her head,

Lilliana held up

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold the

I

to the horse himself. In his presence, the

help, lifted herself

hands lingered near her

riding

same way.

could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands

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

given him a playful smile. “What

I

riding for today and return to

properly

I wondered if he was saying much the same thing

Nicholas moved his hands away

a distance, these two did not seem to like

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

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

at the window.

realized, “He’s coming

out what she was going to do, she

She waved both arms.

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

lifted a hand and waved

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