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 said. “The

have been tamer, however.

now, maybe that poor horse had reason to be afraid of Lillianna when

had a sixth sense about

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

soon belong

talked of the property and the palace and what she would fix

prince himself, like

qualities in how much it could bring

power. The house

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

him as a person.

was all wrong for him. Hopefully he would realize that

the other girls were sharing sharp looks toward each

room thickened as she continued to

Ball

it seemed as

I too wanted to see her

was just pure

worthy of Nicholas.

Chapter 0046

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

a tight up do, with

Elva was a near mirror figure of me, though her dress came up

couldn’t stop giggling as she spun

looked like the physical embodiment of

pulled her into a quick hug. “You are

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

me

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

to thank the quiet maid as well, but she was further

to thank her

I took her hand. “Let’s go

gave a toothy grin. “The princess

we waited for the results for the dress contest. The princes‘ preferences for our dresses would soon determine the

own way. They were a rainbow of colors

so putty, I wondered 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 their long detoad pping

seemed confident the own gown and I

waited with bated breath as Nathan

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

reached down to the

color the queen always