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

into the saddle like the princess

for me could have been tamer, however. Something I will rectify

horse had reason to be afraid of

had been said that animals had

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

soon belong

the property and the palace and what she

the prince himself, like his

Nicholas’s qualities in

power. The house and

of fury collected inside of me. Nicholas deserved

him as a person.

for him. Hopefully he would realize that

looks toward each other,

in the room thickened as she continued to

First Ball

as if Lilliana

too wanted to see her eliminated from

It was

wasn’t worthy of Nicholas.

Chapter 0046

It was the night of the First Ball, and I was dressed in my beautiful, shimmering yellow gown

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

me. Elva was a near mirror figure of me, though

couldn’t stop giggling as she

like the physical

pulled her into a quick hug. “You are

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

me

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their length. It would have been a faux pas to show up without

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

thank her later

her hand. “Let’s go to the ball,

toothy

other girls in the parlor room, where we waited for the results for the

beautiful in its own way. They were a rainbow of colors and materials, but each

such ease, she must

own gown and

girls hushed themselves We waited with bated breath as

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

reached down

same color the queen always wears whiggest one