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.

doing it just for show?” said

second girl relented. “It just shows off a side of him people don’t

as a publicity stunt. But even so, Nicholas was not the type of person to take advantage of that. He

are enjoying yourself too,

anything. I knew I’d be gone soon as well as anyone, but it

those guards headed

looked up where the other girls were staring. True enough, a pair of guards was weaving

think they want?” I

came closer. I waited for them to go by, but instead they stopped night in front

“Miss Piper one asked

here for you,” whispered one of

that’s me.” I

with blank expressions. These must have been more of

like me. I wondered what happened to the ones who had initially been kind to

Follow me

the guards began to walk away. The other waited for

1. me.

was being arrested or something. But how could that

his shoes. He paused, though, when he spotted me. His eyes narrowed as he

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 behind the