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

myself. But people like

even with my slight advantage, I would make it far in

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

design for my dress into three separate parts

ready to combine the three elements into a

Elva’s

the final work, as she

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

window,

I

I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be

and I were over long

paced the length of the room, nervousness and

Elva called to me. “Mommy,

the distraction, I

pointed down toward

the stables as

hands.

black stallion that

a brown and white

whenever

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

her horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to

the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold

I

the horse himself.

help, lifted herself up into the

hands lingered near her waist, keeping

remembered the times we had gone horseback riding together.

same way.

could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands on

“Tell me

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

I

sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today

properly

wondered if he was saying much the same thing

Nicholas moved his hands away from

these two did not seem

out of all the candidates,

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

at the window.

she realized, “He’s coming over

out what she was going to do,

She waved both arms.

up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression seemed to

lifted a hand and waved

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