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

me into the saddle like the princess I am soon to be,” she said.

me could have been tamer, however. Something I

horse had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when it had first

had a sixth

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

soon belong to

property and the palace and what she would fix as Luna.

did she mention qualities of the prince himself, like his beautiful golden

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

The power.

inside of me. Nicholas deserved someone who would notice things

him as a person.

he would realize that sooner rather

sharp looks toward each other, and open glares at

the room thickened

First Ball

girls, it seemed as

I too wanted to see her eliminated from the

was just pure objective

wasn’t worthy of

Chapter 0046

myself. It was the night of the First Ball, and I was dressed in my

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

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

and she couldn’t stop giggling as she spun in

and laughing, she looked like the

into a quick hug. “You

the strange maid stopped me. “Don’t

me

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I was relieved I knew there were traditions about gloves and their length. It

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

thank her

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

gave a toothy

where we waited for the results for the dress contest. The princes‘ preferences for our dresses

single dress was beautiful in its own way. They were a rainbow of colors and materials, but each more spectacular than the

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

seemed confident the own gown and I

We waited with bated breath as Nathan read the erder of

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down

pick the same color the queen always wears whiggest