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 like Lena and Joseph existed

with my slight advantage, I

mean

two maids and I had split the design for my dress into three separate parts

ready to combine the

Elva’s matching

doing the final work, as she

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

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

I

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

and I were over

the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my

to me. “Mommy, come

I joined

toward the stables.

and Lilliana stood near the entrance of the stables as horses were brought to

hands.

that greedily accepted a sugar cube

was a brown and white

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana came

noticing. left his own horse to approach Lilliana. He

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer

voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold the

I

horse himself. In his presence, the mare

approached then, and with Nicholas’s help,

near her waist, keeping

gone horseback riding together.

same way.

could still feel the phantom touch of his

“Tell me

given him a playful smile. “What

I

today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you want me to hold you, I’d like

properly

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

his hands away

a distance, these two did not

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

left her 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

at the window.

realized, “He’s coming over

she was going to do,

She waved both arms.

Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

hand and

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