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

even with my slight advantage, I would make it far

didn’t mean

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

we were ready to combine the three elements

finished Elva’s

maid insisted on doing the final work, as

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

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

I

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

I were over long

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

Elva called to me.

distraction, I joined her at the

Elva pointed down toward

stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought

hands.

a regal black stallion that greedily accepted a

was a brown and

sidestep whenever Lilliana came too

approach Lilliana.

Lilliana shook her head, refusing to

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

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would

I

himself. In his

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

near her waist, keeping

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

same way.

feel the

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

“What

I

riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you

properly

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

Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly and

two did not seem to

out of all the candidates,

mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s coming over

she was going to do, she shouted from the

She waved both arms.

up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

a hand and

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