The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 50

Chapter 0050

My throat went dry. “Your Majesty, I had no intention of ”

“Whatever your intention, you have still insulted me,” the Queen said.

I straightened at the shortness of her tone.

I was terribly confused. What had I done that was offensive? Was it because Julian, Nicholas, and I had broken the order of the dances?

But she didn’t even seem to be watching them, if she was hiding away in here.

“The poor child looks confused, Your Majesty,” said one of the women sitting near the Queen.

“She’s common,” said the other woman. “Maybe she truly doesn’t understand how she has disrespected you.”

The Luna considered her friends” words. “Is that the case, girl?”

I didn’t much care for their patronizing tone of voice, but I could deny the truth to their words.

I nodded.

The Luna looked to the woman on her left, then gestured to me.

“It’s your gloves, child,” said the woman.

I looked down at my gloves. They were clean. The seams were straight.

“They are too short,” continued the woman.

All the other women dressed in formalwear wore their gloves up over their elbows. I could see that now, glancing around

Mine stopped mid–forearm.

“You have disrespected me and my family,” said the Queen. “We have accepted you into our home. We have clothed and fed you, and given you a chance in the selection. And this is how you repay us?”

1 bowed my head low. I’m terribly sorry, Your Majesty. I had no idea that –”

“A Luna accepts responsibility. You say you didn’t know. Were you hoping to pass your punishment off onto your maids? Or perhaps your tailor?”

“No,” I said, ashamed. She was right. The fault should fall on me alone. I would never want to see

if I did wonder about why my maids

my head further. 7 personally accept whatever punishment you deem

compliance might ease my sentence. If

it would

health. Not yet. Not when she’d been

I may,” Lena

Lena came around

navy blue dress with a simple black belt. But tonight, even she wore gloves,

wondered what Lena would say. I couldn’t imagine she would speak

this fool girl, I would like to suggest the traditional punishment

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

harsh punishment, indeed,” said the

one on the right added, “Fitting for the

the left watched me.

Lena,”

tradition punishment, the offended would be forced to kneel outside the palace for the

my hands together to keep anyone from

death sentence, exactly, though in those conditions, I would sure end up sick and exhausted. Hopefully the punishment did not include a withholding

to consider,” said the woman on the

began. Everyone hushed to

the spirit of the competition, we allow the

ma’am,” said one woman, with the other quickly

out. She didn’t say a word but her frown

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evening,” the Queen said. “If you wish

Luna. Do

“Yes, ma’am.”

waved

Suddenly, I stopped to avoid walking straight into Nicholas.

“Where’s Elva?” I asked.

where Elva was happily dancing and Susie was attempting to mimic her wild moves. The nanny stood

within me. If Nicholas had heard what the Queen had said… If he knew the

to see me humiliated, cold and soaked through

to run away, but

in the rain.

to redeem myself. I had to take it. I had to be my most

I could

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