The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0045

My whole heart shattered. “No, no, that’s not true. Prince Nicholas likes you a lot.”

Elva pulled away to look up at me with large, watery eyes. “But she said Nick–lass is mad at me. She said

I was naughty.”

“We can’t listen to her, okay?”

Her cupped her face with my hands and wiped away her tears. New ones just kept falling. My anger for Lena renewed, and I half wanted to chase her down the hall to give her a piece of my mind.

No one makes my little girl cry like this!

“She’s just a mean lady who doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Nicholas likes you. He’s not mad. He waved at you, didn’t he?”

The words seemed to placate Elva somewhat. Her tears lessened, though her sniffling remained. Her brows furrowed like she was thinking it through.

“He did wave…

“Because he likes you.”

“…Okay.” Her voice was small. It didn’t seem like I had fully convinced her, but I doubted I could say anything that would.

She would have to hear it from Nicholas himself.

Maybe if I could talk to him alone, I could convince him to spend some time with Elva.

Lena would hate it, and so would the other girls. I’d have to make sure it happened at a time that didn’t conflict with any of his other obligations.

Surely he would meet with her though? If I told him she thought he didn’t like her?

Surely he hadn’t become totally heartless in the past three years?

No, I knew he hadn’t. I had seen the soft–hearted way he’d interacted with Elva before

He might hate me, but he liked her. He would be willing to do this, I was sure.

I just had to get him alone to ask.

The next morning at breakfast, Lilliana was the most popular girl in the room. Every other girl wanted to know every detail of her solo–date with Nicholas.

attention seemed to go straight to her head, and she calmly and smugly answered every question she

was asked, albeit with a haughty attitude.

I

the princess I am soon

tamer, however.

had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when it

been said that animals had a sixth sense about

the property,” Lilliana said. “I

soon belong to

and the palace and what

of the prince himself, like his beautiful golden eyes or

all of Nicholas’s qualities in how

The power.

me. Nicholas deserved someone who

him as a person.

Hopefully he would realize that sooner

girls were sharing sharp looks toward each other, and open

in the room thickened as she continued to

First Ball

as if Lilliana

I too

jealous. It was just pure objective

wasn’t worthy of

Chapter 0046

mirror, barely recognizing myself. It was the night of the First Ball, and

my maids had tied my brown hair into a tight up do,

of me, though her dress came up to her neck. It

she couldn’t stop giggling as she spun

and laughing, she looked like the physical embodiment of

into a quick hug. “You are a princess,

the strange maid stopped me. “Don’t forget

me

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gloves and their length. It would have been a

to thank the quiet maid as well, but she was further back

thank her later

took her hand. “Let’s go to the ball, Elva”

toothy grin. “The princess

where we waited for the results for the dress contest. The princes‘ preferences for our dresses would soon determine the order of our

They were a rainbow of colors and materials, but each more spectacular

how she intended to dance. Though she moved with such ease, she must have been used to it. Others were similar, carefully sidestepping

seemed confident the own gown and I

waited with bated breath as Nathan

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to the

she would pick the same color