The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 43

Chapter 43

At first glance, she appeared friendly enough, smiling peacefully. She curtsied to me and introduced herself.

Tm looking forward to serving you,” she said.

But I found it strange. Surely she had passed my other maid being taken away down the hall. What kind of person would be smiling so calmly after having witnessed such a thing?

icholas.

I

I

Today was the day for Nicholas’s solo date, and I was trying my very best not to think about it.

Ever since receiving Joseph’s threatening letter, I’d been hiding out in my room as much as I could to

avoid him and the mean–looking guards.

With the First Ball fast approaching, I used the extra time in my room to help my maids work on me and

Elva’s gowns.

The dress had to be perfect. The order of introductions for the girls at the ball was to be determined by

the princes‘ preferences of the dresses.

Once the gowns were finished, pictures were to be taken of them and given to the princes, who would

then select their favorites. Those favorites would be the first ones introduced at the ball, and therefore

given the most time with the princes.

And with the cameras.

A major component of the Luna Choosing Game, was earning the public’s favor. I had a small advantage

with the common people, being one myself. But people like Lena and Joseph existed in every class.

little reason to believe that even with my slight advantage, I would make

mean I

for my dress into three separate parts that

were ready to combine the

finished Elva’s

on doing the final work, as

not to be included in the

herself was looking at something outside the window, likely the

I

though I wasn’t sure why, I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it

I were over long

nervousness and trepidation

called to me. “Mommy, come

I joined her

pointed down toward the stables.

Lilliana stood near the entrance of the

hands.

stallion that greedily accepted a

horse chosen for Lilliana was a brown and white mare that seemed

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana

to approach Lilliana. He offered her a sugar cube

her horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing to offer the

Lilliana held up her pure

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

she would hold the

I

horse himself.

then, and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up

her waist, keeping her

remembered the times we had gone horseback riding together. He had helped

same way.

let myself remember, I could still feel the phantom touch of his strong hands on

said then. “Tell me

had given him a playful smile. “What if I want to

I

up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms

properly

much the same thing to Lilliana, But,

much at all. Nicholas moved his hands away from

did not

why Nicholas had chosen her, out of all the candidates, for his first

stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at a slow pace – which brought them

at the window.

realized,

could figure out what she was going to do, she shouted from the window, “Hi,

She waved both arms.

Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s stern

lifted a hand and

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