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 existed

that even with my slight advantage,

didn’t mean I

my dress into three

were ready to combine the three

already finished Elva’s matching dress

doing the final work, as she

Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot, since that would ruin the anonymity

outside the window, likely the horses again,

I

sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but

were

room, nervousness and

Elva called to

the distraction, I joined

toward the stables. “It’s

entrance of the stables as horses were brought to them by

hands.

horse was a regal black stallion that

a brown and

sidestep whenever Lilliana

to approach Lilliana. He

shook her head, refusing

Lilliana held up her pure white gloves,

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold the

I

sugar cube to the horse himself. In his presence, the mare

and with Nicholas’s help,

lingered near her

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

same way.

I let myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of

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

given him a playful smile. “What if I want to stay like

I

eyes had been 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 Lilliana,

Nicholas moved his hands away from

a distance, these two did not seem to like

I couldn’t imagine why Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the candidates,

alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at

at the window.

she realized, “He’s coming over

she was going to do, she shouted from

She waved both arms.

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

lifted a hand and waved

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