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

the saddle like the princess I am soon to be,” she said.

however. Something I will rectify when

reason to be afraid of

animals had a sixth

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

soon belong to

and the palace and what she would

the prince himself, like his

in how much

money. The power.

of me.

him as a person.

Hopefully he would realize that

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

in the room thickened as she continued

First Ball was

as if Lilliana was enemy

didn’t want to harm her, but I too wanted to see

was just

worthy of Nicholas.

Chapter 0046

night of the First Ball, and I was dressed in

hair into a tight up do, with a few loose tendrils

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

she couldn’t stop giggling as

laughing, she looked like the physical embodiment of

quick hug. “You are a

stopped me. “Don’t forget your gloves.” She handed them

me

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

well, but she was further back in the room and not

thank her

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

gave a toothy

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

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

she must have been used to it. Others were

seemed confident the own gown and I genely wasn’t sure who would

Notham arrived, at the girls hushed themselves We waited with bated

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to

she would pick the same color the queen always wears