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.

been tamer, however. Something I will

to be afraid of Lillianna when it

been said that animals had a sixth sense

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

soon belong to

property and the palace and what she would

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

framed all of Nicholas’s qualities in

power. The house and

me. Nicholas deserved someone who

him as a person.

was all wrong for him. Hopefully he would realize

the other girls were sharing sharp looks toward each other, and

the room thickened as

First Ball

as if Lilliana

I too wanted to see her eliminated from

wasn’t jealous. It was

worthy

Chapter 0046

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

into a tight up do, with a

though her dress came up to her neck. It shimmered

she couldn’t stop giggling as she spun

looked like the physical embodiment

quick hug. “You are

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

me

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

but she was further back in the room and not

thank her

took her hand. “Let’s go to the ball,

gave a toothy grin. “The princess

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

own way. They were a rainbow of colors and materials,

ease, she must have been used to it. Others were similar, carefully sidestepping their trains or lifting

seemed confident the own gown and I genely wasn’t

hushed themselves We waited with bated breath

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to

she would pick the same color the