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

princess I am soon to be,” she

for me could have been tamer, however.

to be afraid of Lillianna when it had first met

had a

edge of the property,” Lilliana said. “I

soon belong

I noticed she talked of the property and the palace and what she would fix as

prince himself, like his beautiful golden eyes or his

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

money. The power. The

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

him as a person.

all wrong for him. Hopefully he would realize that sooner rather than

sharing sharp looks

thickened as she continued

Ball was

it seemed as if Lilliana

harm her, but I too wanted to see her eliminated from the

jealous. It was just

worthy

Chapter 0046

and I was dressed in my beautiful, shimmering yellow gown it was sleeveless, with a tasteful

of my maids had tied my brown hair into a tight up do, with

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

giggling as

laughing, she looked like the physical embodiment of

into a quick hug.

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

me

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and their length. It

but she was further back in the room and not looking

thank her later

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

gave a toothy

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

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

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

the own gown and I genely wasn’t sure

themselves We waited with bated breath as Nathan read

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

reached down

would pick the same color the queen always wears whiggest one