The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 50

My throat went dry. “Your Majesty, I had no intention of ”

“Whatever your intention, you have still insulted me,” the Queen said.

I straightened at the shortness of her tone.

I was terribly confused. What had I done that was offensive? Was it because Julian, Nicholas, and I had broken the order of the dances?

But she didn’t even seem to be watching them, if she was hiding away in here.

“The poor child looks confused, Your Majesty,” said one of the women sitting near the Queen.

“She’s common,” said the other woman. “Maybe she truly doesn’t understand how she has disrespected you.”

The Luna considered her friends” words. “Is that the case, girl?”

I didn’t much care for their patronizing tone of voice, but I could deny the truth to their words.

I nodded.

The Luna looked to the woman on her left, then gestured to me.

“It’s your gloves, child,” said the woman.

I looked down at my gloves. They were clean. The seams were straight.

“They are too short,” continued the woman.

All the other women dressed in formalwear wore their gloves up over their elbows. I could see that now, glancing around

Mine stopped mid–forearm.

“You have disrespected me and my family,” said the Queen. “We have accepted you into our home. We have clothed and fed you, and given you a chance in the selection. And this is how you repay us?”

1 bowed my head low. I’m terribly sorry, Your Majesty. I had no idea that –”

“A Luna accepts responsibility. You say you didn’t know. Were you hoping to pass your punishment off onto your maids? Or perhaps your tailor?”

I said, ashamed. She was right. The fault should fall on me alone. I

wonder about why my maids

7 personally accept whatever punishment you deem

my compliance might ease my sentence. If the Queen wished to have me expelled from

it would be

Not yet. Not when she’d

if I may,” Lena

Lena came around the

was in her typical uniform, a high neck navy blue dress with a simple black belt.

Lena would say. I couldn’t imagine she would speak up

with this fool girl, I would like to

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

indeed,” said the woman on

the right added,

woman on the left watched me. “She’s confused

Lena,”

the tradition punishment, the offended would be forced to kneel outside the palace for the length of an entire stormy

my hands together to keep anyone from noticing my

in those conditions, I would sure end up sick and exhausted. Hopefully the punishment did not

to consider,” said the woman

Queen began. Everyone hushed to

spirit of the competition, we

one woman, with

seemed put out. She didn’t say

+15 BONUS

the rest of the evening,” the Queen said.

a Luna. Do

“Yes, ma’am.”

She waved

stopped to avoid walking straight into Nicholas. How long had he been standing here? How much had he

“Where’s Elva?” I asked.

pointed to where Elva was happily dancing and Susie was attempting

me. If Nicholas had heard what the Queen had said… If he knew

be happy to see me

but that would only seal my

in the rain.

Queen had given me the chance to redeem myself. I had to take it. I had to be my most regal self for the rest of the evening, to

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