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

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

could have been tamer, however. Something

horse had reason to be afraid

animals had

the property,” Lilliana said. “I

soon belong to

the property and

mention qualities of the prince himself, like his beautiful

qualities in how much it could bring

power. The house and

bit of fury collected inside of me.

him as a person.

him. Hopefully he would realize that

sharing sharp looks toward each other, and

thickened

Ball was

seemed as if Lilliana was

but I too wanted to

wasn’t jealous. It was just pure objective

wasn’t worthy of

Chapter 0046

recognizing myself. It was the night of the First Ball, and I was dressed in my beautiful, shimmering yellow gown it was

a tight up

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

and she couldn’t stop giggling

laughing, she looked like

pulled her into a quick hug. “You are a

stopped me.

me

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there were traditions about gloves and their length. It would have

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

to thank her later

hand. “Let’s go to the ball,

a toothy

the results for the dress contest. The princes‘ preferences

a rainbow of

how she intended to dance. Though she moved with such ease, she must have been used to it. Others were similar, carefully sidestepping their trains

get seemed confident the own gown and

We waited

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

down to the

course, she would pick the same color the queen always