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

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

had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when

animals had a sixth sense

along the edge of the property,” Lilliana said. “I felt as if the prince was

soon belong to

I noticed she talked of the property and the palace and what she would fix

himself, like his beautiful

framed all of Nicholas’s qualities in how much it could bring

The power. The house

me. Nicholas deserved someone

him as a person.

he would realize that sooner

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

in the room thickened as

First Ball was

girls, it seemed as if Lilliana

to harm her, but I too wanted to see

was just pure

worthy of

Chapter 0046

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

my brown hair into a

though her dress came up to her

couldn’t stop giggling as she spun in

laughing, she looked like the physical

a quick

we went to the door, the strange maid stopped me. “Don’t forget your

me

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there were traditions about gloves and their length. It would have

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

to thank

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

gave a toothy grin.

the results for the dress contest. The princes‘

in its own way. They were a rainbow of colors

so putty, I wondered how she intended to dance. Though she moved with such ease, she must have

get seemed confident the own gown and

Notham arrived, at the girls hushed themselves We waited with bated breath

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

down to the

the same color