The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0049

No, that was a foolish notion. He was kind to Elva because he was a kind person. At the end of the day, Elva and I were going to be eliminated from the competition.

We’d leave the palace, return to our little apartment with Anna, and never hear from Nicholas again, We’d probably see him on television sometimes, with updates on his new family.

It might hurt to see, but that was life.

Dreams were dreams. Reality was reality.

I couldn’t have both.

“It’s so nice of Prince Nicholas to spend so much time with you and your daughter,” said one of the other girls to me

“Looks good for the cameras, too,” said another girl, pointing as a cameraman came close to Elva.

Odd, I hadn’t really noticed them before.

Neither, apparently, had Nicholas. Because the moment he spotted the camera following Elva, he swung her the other way, out of the camera’s line of sight.

he’s doing it just for show?” said the first

him people don’t get to see. I’m not sure why he’s trying to

so, Nicholas was not the type of person to take advantage of that. He danced with Elva because he didn’t want her to be sad.

see while it lasts,” another girl said. “Hope you are enjoying yourself too, Piper. We all know you’ll

knew I’d be gone soon as well as anyone, but it still hurt

those guards

other girls were staring. True enough, a pair

do you think they

came closer. I waited for them to go by,

“Miss Piper one asked

you,” whispered one of the

me.” I

with blank expressions. These must have been more of Joseph’s guards, the

I wondered what happened to the ones who had

Follow me

away. The other waited for me to

1. me.

was being arrested

were still dancing, now with her standing on his shoes. He paused, though, when he spotted me. His eyes

led me away from the ballroom and into a side, sitting room. The Queen herself sat on a plush sofa, bracketed by a pair of older women nobles, Lena stood