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

Nicholas lifted me into the saddle like the princess I am soon to

for me could have been tamer, however. Something I

to be afraid of Lillianna when it had first

had a sixth

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

soon belong to

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

himself, like his beautiful golden eyes

in how much it could

power. The house

of me. Nicholas deserved someone who would notice

him as a person.

him. Hopefully he

looks

thickened as

Ball

the girls, it seemed as if Lilliana was enemy

but I too wanted to

jealous. It was just pure objective

worthy

Chapter 0046

the First Ball, and I was dressed in my beautiful, shimmering yellow gown it was sleeveless, with a tasteful

my brown hair into a tight up do, with a few loose tendrils tucked behind

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

giggling as she

she looked like the

a quick hug. “You are a

the door, the strange maid stopped

me

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I was relieved I knew there were traditions about gloves and their length. It would have

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

to thank her

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

gave a toothy grin. “The princess

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

were a rainbow

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

own gown and I

arrived, at the girls hushed themselves We waited with bated breath as Nathan read the erder of

First, he said. “Divis

Smile was

reached down to the

the same color the