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

saddle like the princess

been tamer, however. Something I will rectify when I

horse had reason to be afraid of

had been said that animals had

Lilliana said. “I felt as if the prince

belong

property and the palace and what

the prince himself, like his beautiful golden

qualities in how

money. The power.

dark bit of fury collected inside of me. Nicholas

him as a person.

he would realize that sooner rather

sharp looks toward each other, and open glares

thickened as she

First Ball was quickly

seemed as

but I too wanted to see her

jealous. It was just

worthy of

Chapter 0046

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

tied my brown hair into a tight

near mirror figure of me, though her dress came up to

couldn’t stop giggling as she

laughing, she looked like

a quick

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

me

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

she was further back in the

thank her later

Elva, I took her hand. “Let’s go to

gave a toothy grin. “The princess

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

were a

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

the own gown and I genely wasn’t

themselves We waited with bated breath as Nathan read the

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to

course, she would pick the same color the