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.

reason to believe that even with my

didn’t mean I wouldn’t

my dress

we were ready to combine the three elements into a complete

already finished Elva’s matching dress

insisted on doing the final work, as she had the

dresses photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the shot, since

the window, likely the horses again,

I

about Nicholas’s solo date, but it

were

of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my

Elva called to me.

I joined her at

toward

the entrance of the stables as

hands.

was a regal black stallion that

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

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana came

left his own horse to approach Lilliana. He offered her a

shook her head, refusing

voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves,

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

how she would hold

I

cube to the horse himself. In his presence,

with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up

hands lingered near her

had gone horseback riding together. He had helped me then, much

same way.

feel the phantom touch of his strong hands on

let you fall,” he’d said then. “Tell me

a playful smile. “What if I want to stay

I

eyes had been fond, green sparkling brightly under the sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return to one of our rooms instead. If you want me to hold

properly

if he was saying much the same thing to Lilliana, But,

all. Nicholas moved his hands away from her waist

a distance, these two did not seem to like

why Nicholas had chosen her, out

his stallion. He waited for Lilliana to bring her mare alongside his horse,

at the window.

she realized, “He’s coming over

was going to do,

She waved both arms.

Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s

hand and

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