The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0116

I forced myself to my feet. The tailor, after making sure I was upright and unharmed, immediately rushed from the room to retrieve a towel and a servant to clean the mess.

My soggy notes were beginning to fall apart in my hands, to wet to even maintain their paper shape.

“Linda,” I said, going to her.

She scrunched her nose as I came close, as if the very sight of me disgusted her. I was disheveled now, true, with my gown damp in some places and my hair a mess. But even so…

“Can I have those names again?” I asked. I knew she had written them down same as me.

She quickly hid her notepad from my sight. “If you lost those names, then this is on you, Piper. You need

to learn to take responsibility.” She narrowed her eyes. “We wouldn’t want anyone to think you had unfair

advantage.”

“It’s not like that,” I said.

She continued on, like I hadn’t said anything. “At least half of our table will look good, and the royal

will be able to tell

event,” I said. “We’re supposed to work together.

like the Luna

not an adversary. Surely the royal

me and out the door. The other girls

sympathetic wave.

fabrics left strewn at the place where we had been, but we’d tried on

decided upon. I tried

least, I could guess about Linda’s preferences, after having

least make a compatible half of the table, even if it didn’t match up exactly

could guesstimate were maybe correct,

pouring over the pages, when one of

summoned to stand in audience

fault that I was maybe about to die. II

been ordered to chase me. I doubted I would get very

my fear deep down, rose my chin in defiance, and decided to face my inevitable end. I only hoped Nicholas could hear of it and intervene before I was hanged for treason, or some

me out of the kitchen and around the winding hallways until we entered the King’s personal chambers.

a six–person table. When the servant and I approached, he offered me the chair to his

wasn’t a