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 princess I am soon to be,” she

been tamer, however. Something I will rectify

had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when it had first met

been said that animals had

of the property,” Lilliana said. “I felt as if the

soon belong to

and the palace and what

qualities of the prince himself, like his beautiful golden eyes or his

in

money. The power.

inside of me. Nicholas deserved someone who

him as a person.

he would realize that

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

in the room thickened as she

First Ball

it seemed as if Lilliana

I too wanted

jealous. It was

worthy

Chapter 0046

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

a tight up do, with a few loose tendrils tucked behind

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

she couldn’t stop giggling as she spun in

like the

into a quick

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

me

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gloves and their length. It would have been a faux pas to

to thank the quiet maid as well, but she was further back in the room and

to thank

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

toothy

in the parlor room, where we waited for the results for the dress contest. The princes‘ preferences for our dresses would soon determine the order of our

a rainbow of colors and materials, but each more spectacular

moved with such ease, she must have been used to

the own gown and I genely wasn’t sure who

We waited with bated breath as Nathan read the erder

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to the

she would pick the same color the queen always wears