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.

to believe that even with my slight advantage,

mean

for my dress into three separate parts

ready to combine the three elements

already finished Elva’s matching dress

insisted on doing the final work, as she had the most experience with

photo shoot. Elva’s dress was not to be included in the

was looking at something outside the window,

I

I kept thinking about Nicholas’s solo date, but it shouldn’t

I were over

of the room, nervousness and trepidation waging war within my chest. My

called to

distraction, I

toward the stables.

and Lilliana stood near the entrance of the stables as

hands.

stallion that greedily accepted a sugar cube from Nicholas’s

and

trying to sidestep whenever Lilliana

to approach Lilliana.

horse. Lilliana shook her head, refusing

beyond some mumbled voices, but with the way Lilliana held up her pure white gloves, I assumed she refused to

ing dirty.

getting dirty.

wondered how she would hold the

I

sugar cube to the horse himself. In

and with Nicholas’s help, lifted herself up into

hands lingered near her

horseback riding together. He had helped me then,

same way.

could still feel the phantom touch of

“Tell

him a playful smile. “What if I

I

eyes had been fond, green sparkling brightly under the sun. “Then we should give up on horseback riding for today and return

properly

the same thing to Lilliana, But, no.

Nicholas moved his hands away from her

from a distance, these two did not

couldn’t imagine why Nicholas had chosen her, out of

his horse, and then together they started to ride forwards at

at the window.

she realized, “He’s coming

what she was going to do, she

She waved both arms.

looked up. Lilliana glowered, but Nicholas’s stern expression

hand

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