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

being one myself. But people like

even with my slight advantage, I would

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

I had split the design for my

ready to combine the three elements into a complete

already finished Elva’s matching

doing the final work, as she had the most experience with

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

something outside the window, likely the horses

I

restless, though I wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but

I were over

the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my

to me. “Mommy, come

I joined her at the

down toward

stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought

hands.

stallion that

Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed nervous

whenever

noticing. left his own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a

shook her head, refusing

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

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold the

I

the horse himself. In his presence, the mare seemed

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

her waist, keeping

horseback riding together. He had helped me

same way.

feel the phantom touch of

you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell

given him a playful smile. “What if

I

we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one

properly

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

Nicholas moved his hands away from her

two did not seem to

Nicholas had chosen her, out

He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which brought them closer to

at the window.

realized, “He’s coming

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

She waved both arms.

glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression

lifted a hand and

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