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, being one myself. But people like Lena and Joseph existed in every

that even with my

didn’t mean

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

ready to combine the

already finished Elva’s matching

work, as she had

dress was not to be included in the shot, since that would ruin the anonymity of the

the window, likely the horses

I

Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t be enough to

were over long

of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my

called to me. “Mommy, come

distraction, I joined her at

pointed down toward

entrance of the stables as horses

hands.

was a regal black stallion that greedily accepted

brown and white mare that seemed nervous around her.

trying to sidestep whenever

own horse to approach Lilliana. He

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer

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 assumed

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold the

I

the horse himself. In his presence, the mare

with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up

hands lingered near her

the times we had gone horseback riding together. He had

same way.

feel the

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

“What if I want to stay

I

had been fond, green sparkling brightly under the sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of

properly

same thing to Lilliana, But, no. They

moved his hands

from a distance, these two did not

couldn’t imagine why Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the candidates, for his first solo

his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace

at the window.

gasped when she realized, “He’s coming over

could figure out what she was going to do, she

She waved both arms.

glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression

lifted a hand and waved

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