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

people

reason to believe that even with my slight advantage, I

mean

design for my

ready to combine the three elements into a complete

already finished Elva’s matching

the final work, as she had the

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

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

I

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

and I were over

room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within

called to me. “Mommy, come

for the distraction, I joined her at

pointed down toward the stables. “It’s

entrance of the

hands.

stallion that greedily accepted a sugar

and white mare

sidestep whenever Lilliana came

horse to approach Lilliana.

Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer

some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold

I

cube to the horse himself.

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

near her waist, keeping her

had gone horseback riding together. He had helped

same way.

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

then. “Tell

smile. “What if I

I

“Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our

properly

saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They didn’t seem

hands away from her

distance, these two did not seem

out of all the candidates, for

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

at the window.

when she realized, “He’s coming

out what she was going to do, she shouted from the window, “Hi,

She waved both arms.

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

a hand and

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