The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 29

I wanted to storm over there and demand Kirsten apologize for accepting thanks for a gift she hadn’t

given. But I couldn’t do so without revealing to Nicholas that I was the one who had given it. If Nicholas

knew the truth, he’d assume the worst.

He’d think the gift was disingenuous, and that I was just chasing after his crown.

I didn’t want nobility. I didn’t want to be his wife, or girlfriend, or whatever else.

I

I only wanted medical care for Elva. So I kept my mouth firmly shut.

Julian plucked my dropped bow off the ground and handed it to me. “Something on your mind, Piper?”

His knowing smirk returned tenfold.

I wasn’t in the mood for his games anymore.

my room.

I turned in my bow and went back to my

with the dancing instructor, all of the girls rested in the parlor, accepting

towels from the servants.

First Ball. The princes would each take a turn dancing with all the

of the girls bemoaned the randomness. “I

confident that things

Nicholas invited me to sit next to him at the banquet,” Kirsten said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he pulled a

to be random,”

her eyes.

best to ignore her, still irritated over Nicholas’s

through the air. She giggled in delight. The sound soothed me like a balm

candies at the ball?” Elva asked, when I’d stopped spinning.

all kinds of deserts. Candles and

pretty dresses? Elva

be the prettiest

a princess,” Susie said from beside us.

the attention of the princes,” said one of

you think they’d prefer?” asked

the First Ball was ‘Blessings of the Moon Goddess.” What

interpretation.

to be leaning toward the classic look of the Moon Goddess. They’d wear dresses in shiny silver or white, with

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