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 like Lena and Joseph existed in

with my slight advantage, I would make it far

didn’t mean

I had split the design for my dress into three

Now, we were ready to combine the

already finished Elva’s matching

doing the final work, as

dress was not

window, likely

I

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

and I were

the length of the room, nervousness and

to me. “Mommy, come

for the distraction, I joined her at the

toward the stables. “It’s

stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to them by

hands.

black stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube from Nicholas’s

a brown and white

whenever

noticing. left his own horse to approach Lilliana.

her head, refusing to offer the

this distance, I couldn’t hear the exact words spoken beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she

I

cube to the horse himself. In his presence, the mare seemed to

help, lifted herself up

lingered near her waist, keeping

remembered the times we had gone horseback riding together. He had

same way.

still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands

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

him a playful smile. “What if I want to stay

I

today and return to one of our rooms instead. If

properly

I wondered if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her

these two did not seem to like each other

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

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

at the window.

realized,

out what she was going to do, she shouted from

She waved both arms.

immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered,

lifted a hand and waved

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