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

But people like Lena and Joseph existed in every

believe that even with my slight

mean

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

were ready to combine the three

already finished Elva’s matching dress

the final work, as she had the most

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

window, likely the horses again, with the

I

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

were

the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my chest. My

called to me.

for the distraction, I joined

Elva pointed down toward the

entrance of the stables

hands.

a regal black stallion that greedily

Lilliana was a brown and white mare that

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana

to approach Lilliana.

her horse. Lilliana shook her

beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold

I

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

help, lifted herself up into

her waist, keeping

the times we had gone horseback riding together. He had helped me

same way.

could still feel the phantom

then. “Tell me when

“What if I want to

I

for today

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana,

Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist quickly and without

two did not seem to like

had chosen her, out of

her then and mounted his stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they

at the window.

realized, “He’s

could figure out what she was going to do, she shouted from the

She waved both arms.

both immediately looked up. Lilliana glowered, but

hand

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