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

the common people, being one myself. But people

with my slight advantage,

didn’t mean

my

Now, we were ready to combine the three elements into

Elva’s

the final work, as she had

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

outside the window, likely the horses

I

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

were over long

length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my chest.

called to me. “Mommy, come

I joined

toward the stables.

near the entrance of the stables as horses were

hands.

a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar

chosen for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar

her horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing

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

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold

I

himself.

Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into the

lingered near her waist,

had gone horseback riding together. He had helped

same way.

still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands

then. “Tell me when you are okay, and I’ll

playful smile. “What if I

I

horseback riding for today and

properly

was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They didn’t seem to

hands away

distance, these two did not

why Nicholas had chosen her, out of

Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse,

at the window.

realized, “He’s

before I could figure out what she was going to do, she shouted from the window, “Hi,

She waved both arms.

glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression

lifted a hand and waved

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