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

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

poor horse had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when it had

that animals had a sixth sense about

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

belong

spoke, I noticed she talked of the property and the palace

qualities of the prince himself, like his beautiful

in

The power. The house

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

him as a person.

him. Hopefully he would realize

looks toward each other, and open glares at

the room thickened as

Ball was quickly

as

too wanted to see her eliminated

was just pure

wasn’t worthy of

Chapter 0046

myself. It was the night of the First Ball, and I was dressed in my beautiful,

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

of me, though her dress

couldn’t stop giggling as

looked like

a quick

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

me

1

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

as well, but she was further

thank

her hand. “Let’s go to the ball, Elva”

a toothy grin. “The princess

we waited for the results for the dress contest. The princes‘ preferences for

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

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

the own gown and

at the girls hushed themselves We waited with bated breath as

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

reached down

pick the same color the queen always wears whiggest one