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

even with my

didn’t mean I

maids and I had split the design for my

Now, we were ready to combine the three

already finished Elva’s matching dress

final work, as she had the most experience

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

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

I

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

I were

room, nervousness

to me. “Mommy, come

I

toward

entrance of the stables

hands.

a regal black stallion that greedily

for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that

to sidestep whenever Lilliana

his own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube

shook her

exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to treat the horse

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold the

I

the horse himself.

help, lifted herself up

her waist, keeping her

gone horseback riding together.

same way.

myself remember, I could still feel

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

smile. “What if I want to stay

I

brightly under the sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you

properly

saying much the same thing to

all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly and

two did not seem to like each

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

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

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s

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

She waved both arms.

looked up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

hand and waved

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