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

princess I

could have been tamer, however. Something I will rectify when I am

poor horse had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when

said that animals had a

Lilliana said. “I felt as if

belong to

property and the palace and

mention qualities of the prince himself, like his beautiful golden

all of Nicholas’s qualities in how

money. The power.

collected inside of me. Nicholas

him as a person.

was all wrong for him. Hopefully he would realize that sooner rather than

were sharing sharp looks toward each other, and open glares at

room thickened as she continued

First Ball

seemed as

to harm her, but I too

wasn’t jealous. It was just pure objective

wasn’t worthy of Nicholas.

Chapter 0046

mirror, barely recognizing myself. It was the night of the First Ball, and I was dressed in my beautiful, shimmering yellow gown it

maids had tied my brown hair into a tight up do, with a few loose tendrils tucked behind

a near mirror figure of me, though her dress came up to her neck. It

giggling

laughing, she looked like the physical

pulled her into a quick hug. “You

maid stopped me. “Don’t forget

me

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there were traditions about gloves and their length. It would have been a faux pas to

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

to thank her later

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

a toothy grin. “The

other girls in the parlor room, where we waited for the results for the dress contest. The princes‘ preferences for our dresses would soon determine the

a rainbow of colors and materials, but each more spectacular than the

with such ease, she must have been used to

and I

hushed themselves We waited with bated

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to the

pick the same color the queen always wears whiggest one