The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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

about why

further. 7 personally accept whatever

hoped my compliance might ease my sentence. If the Queen wished to have me expelled from

would

health. Not yet. Not when she’d been doing

if I may,” Lena spoke

came around the couch to

her typical uniform, a high neck navy blue dress with a simple black belt. But tonight, even

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

done with this fool girl,

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

harsh punishment, indeed,” said the woman on

right added,

the left watched

Lena,” the

at me. “For the tradition punishment, the offended would be forced to kneel outside the

to keep anyone from noticing my

a death sentence, exactly, though in those conditions, I would sure end up sick

to consider,” said the

the Queen began. Everyone

the spirit of the competition, we allow the girl the chance to

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

seemed put out. She didn’t say a word but

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of your redemption, girl, will depend on your performance for the rest of the evening,” the Queen said. “If

Luna. Do you

“Yes, ma’am.”

She waved

stopped to avoid walking straight into Nicholas. How

“Where’s Elva?” I asked.

pointed to where Elva was happily dancing and Susie was

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

be happy to see me humiliated, cold

run away, but that would only

in the rain.

the Queen had given me the chance to redeem myself. I had to take it. I had to be my most regal self for

how to be anyone other than myself, but surely I could fake it until I made it, right? I had enough practice