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 I am soon to be,” she said. “The

me could have been tamer, however.

maybe that poor horse had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when it had first

been said that animals had

Lilliana said. “I felt as

belong

and the palace and what

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

Nicholas’s qualities in

power.

bit of fury collected inside of me. Nicholas deserved someone who would notice things

him as a person.

for him. Hopefully he would

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

in the room thickened as she

Ball

as if Lilliana was enemy number

her, but I too wanted to

It was

wasn’t worthy of Nicholas.

Chapter 0046

Ball, and I was dressed in my beautiful, shimmering yellow gown it

into a tight up do, with

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

couldn’t stop giggling as

looked like

into a quick hug. “You are a princess,

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

me

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

maid as well, but she was further

thank her

hand. “Let’s go

toothy grin. “The princess

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

way. They were a rainbow of colors and materials, but each more spectacular

how she intended to dance. Though she moved with such ease, she must have been used

the own gown and I genely wasn’t

themselves We waited with

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to

the same color the queen always wears whiggest