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

little reason to believe that even with my slight advantage,

mean I

my dress into

Now, we were ready to combine

Elva’s matching

final work, as she had the most experience with

was not

herself was looking at something outside the window, likely the horses again, with the stables so

I

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

I were over long

length of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war

called to me. “Mommy,

the distraction, I joined her at the

down toward the stables. “It’s

and Lilliana stood near the entrance of the

hands.

black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube from

a brown and white

to sidestep whenever Lilliana came

own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar

her

mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

cube to the horse himself. In his presence,

help, lifted herself up into the

near her waist,

we had gone horseback riding together. He had helped me

same way.

could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands

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

smile. “What if

I

on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you want me to

properly

I wondered if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But,

much at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly

two did not

her, out of all the candidates, for his first solo

his stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and

at the window.

realized, “He’s

she was going to do, she shouted from the window,

She waved both arms.

immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered, but

hand and waved

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