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. “The

been tamer, however. Something I

poor horse had reason to be afraid

animals had a sixth sense about

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

belong to

talked of the property and the palace

prince himself, like his beautiful

in how much it

power.

of fury collected inside of me. Nicholas deserved

him as a person.

for him. Hopefully he

other girls were sharing sharp looks toward each other,

room thickened

First Ball was quickly

girls, it seemed as if Lilliana was enemy

her, but I too wanted to see

It was

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 sleeveless, with

hair into a tight up do, with

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

couldn’t stop giggling as she

and laughing, she looked like the

a quick hug.

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

me

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about gloves and their length. It would have been a faux pas to show up without

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

to thank

hand. “Let’s

gave a toothy grin.

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

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

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 or lifting

seemed confident the own gown and I genely

themselves We waited with bated breath

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

that reached down to

color the queen always wears whiggest